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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cameroon	Oman	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	2,348	277
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	2,403	281
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	2,457	285
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	2,510	288
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	2,562	289
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	2,613	293
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,663	296
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,713	304
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,764	311
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,816	319
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,871	319
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,928	318
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,986	319
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	3,047	321
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	3,110	324
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	3,174	327
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	3,240	331
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	3,307	335
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	3,375	343
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	3,444	353
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	3,512	361
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	3,582	366
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	3,651	372
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	3,696	380

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.

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