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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	2,348	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	2,403	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	2,457	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	2,510	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	2,562	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	2,613	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,663	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,713	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,764	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,816	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,871	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,928	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,986	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	3,047	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	3,110	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	3,174	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	3,240	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	3,307	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	3,375	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	3,444	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	3,512	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	3,582	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	3,651	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	3,696	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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