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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandAlbaniaOmanNorway
2773,0852,3484,463
2813,0652,4034,492
2853,0472,4574,515
2883,0382,5104,539
2893,0262,5624,566
2933,0142,6134,593
2962,9982,6634,624
3042,9792,7134,662
3112,9572,7644,710
3192,9342,8164,769
3192,9152,8714,830
3182,9002,9284,890
3192,8922,9864,954
3212,8883,0475,020
3242,8823,1105,081
3272,8763,1745,138
3312,8683,2405,191
3352,8633,3075,237
3432,8613,3755,278
3532,8543,4445,313
3612,8423,5125,349
3662,8253,5825,380
3722,7993,6515,409
3802,7873,6965,458

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.

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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