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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 IcelandSudanRomaniaLuxembourg
27726,16822,414433
28126,77122,262438
28527,38722,106443
28828,01721,931448
28928,66221,828454
29329,32121,704460
29629,99621,571467
30430,68621,443474
31131,39321,129482
31932,13720,779491
31933,07820,607500
31833,89120,485509
31934,56820,385521
32135,29320,296533
32436,09320,224547
32737,05820,151560
33138,16520,055571
33539,29419,938586
34340,51219,823599
35341,76419,713610
36142,95219,622623
36644,12119,496633
37245,29019,351643
38046,49819,266651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.