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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	2,348	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	2,403	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	2,457	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	2,510	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	2,562	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	2,613	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	2,663	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	2,713	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	2,764	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	2,816	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	2,871	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	2,928	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	2,986	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	3,047	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	3,110	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	3,174	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	3,240	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	3,307	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	3,375	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	3,444	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	3,512	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	3,582	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	3,651	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	3,696	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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