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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 IcelandThailandAlbaniaLuxembourg
27759,7483,085433
28160,1653,065438
28560,7463,047443
28861,3233,038448
28961,8843,026454
29362,4253,014460
29662,9562,998467
30463,4672,979474
31163,9372,957482
31964,3812,934491
31964,8042,915500
31865,2082,900509
31965,5992,892521
32165,9702,888533
32466,3322,882547
32766,6732,876560
33166,9752,868571
33567,2502,863586
34367,5062,861599
35367,7502,854610
36167,9752,842623
36668,1802,825633
37268,3662,799643
38068,4572,787651

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.

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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