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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	Austria	Oman	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,039	2,348	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,059	2,403	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,090	2,457	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,130	2,510	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,166	2,562	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,217	2,613	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,274	2,663	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,317	2,713	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,344	2,764	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,370	2,816	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,390	2,871	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,410	2,928	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,476	3,047	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,527	3,110	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,594	3,174	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,680	3,240	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,791	3,307	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,847	3,375	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,890	3,444	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,930	3,512	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,969	3,582	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,004	3,651	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,107	3,696	10,099

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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