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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	Germany	Iceland	Myanmar (Burma)	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	45,018	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	45,616	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	46,171	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	46,690	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	47,201	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	47,699	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	48,196	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	48,674	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	49,151	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	49,505	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	49,896	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	50,285	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	50,813	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	51,369	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	51,878	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	52,374	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	52,900	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	53,416	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	53,914	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	54,403	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	54,884	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	55,355	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	55,815	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	56,210	3,696

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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