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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandSudanRomaniaCambodia
27726,16822,41412,122
28126,77122,26212,317
28527,38722,10612,504
28828,01721,93112,691
28928,66221,82812,881
29329,32121,70413,076
29629,99621,57113,276
30430,68621,44313,461
31131,39321,12913,630
31932,13720,77913,808
31933,07820,60713,990
31833,89120,48514,162
31934,56820,38514,322
32135,29320,29614,480
32436,09320,22414,637
32737,05820,15114,793
33138,16520,05514,994
33539,29419,93815,238
34340,51219,82315,480
35341,76419,71315,717
36142,95219,62215,944
36644,12119,49616,149
37245,29019,35116,338
38046,49819,26616,514

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Sudan, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.