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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 IcelandSudanRomaniaTurkmenistan
27726,16822,4144,324
28126,77122,2624,385
28527,38722,1064,444
28828,01721,9314,502
28928,66221,8284,556
29329,32121,7044,608
29629,99621,5714,664
30430,68621,4434,719
31131,39321,1294,773
31932,13720,7794,828
31933,07820,6074,884
31833,89120,4854,940
31934,56820,3854,996
32135,29320,2965,053
32436,09320,2245,110
32737,05820,1515,169
33138,16520,0555,227
33539,29419,9385,287
34340,51219,8235,346
35341,76419,7135,405
36142,95219,6225,464
36644,12119,4965,522
37245,29019,3515,579
38046,49819,2665,657

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