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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandUgandaCambodia
27723,40812,122
28124,19512,317
28524,99212,504
28825,84612,691
28926,66112,881
29327,41413,076
29628,20013,276
30429,02113,461
31129,84613,630
31930,64713,808
31931,46913,990
31832,34314,162
31933,25714,322
32134,23414,480
32435,27114,637
32736,41914,793
33137,67314,994
33539,15715,238
34340,87915,480
35342,32915,717
36143,63915,944
36645,12016,149
37246,64516,338
38048,06516,514

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.

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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.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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