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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	Oman	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	2,348	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	2,403	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	2,457	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	2,510	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	2,562	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	2,613	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	2,663	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	2,713	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	2,764	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	2,816	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	2,871	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	2,928	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	2,986	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	3,047	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	3,110	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	3,174	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	3,240	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	3,307	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	3,375	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	3,444	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	3,512	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	3,582	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	3,651	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	3,696	1,456

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.

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