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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	Iceland	Albania	Oman	India
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	2,348	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	2,403	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	2,457	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	2,510	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	2,562	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	2,613	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	2,663	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	2,713	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	2,764	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	2,816	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	2,871	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	2,928	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	2,986	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	3,047	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	3,110	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	3,174	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	3,240	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	3,307	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	3,375	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	3,444	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	3,512	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	3,582	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	3,651	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	3,696	1,349,060

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

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.

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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