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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	Iran	Oman	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	2,348	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	2,403	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	2,457	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	2,510	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	2,562	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	2,613	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	2,663	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	2,713	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	2,764	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	2,816	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	2,871	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	2,928	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	2,986	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	3,047	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	3,110	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	3,174	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	3,240	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	3,307	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	3,375	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	3,444	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	3,512	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	3,582	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	3,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	3,696	5,556

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.

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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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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