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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	Belgium	Oman	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,227	2,348	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,252	2,403	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	2,457	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,334	2,510	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,377	2,562	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,422	2,613	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,480	2,663	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,549	2,713	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,627	2,764	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,711	2,816	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,797	2,871	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,897	2,928	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,039	2,986	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,108	3,047	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,160	3,110	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,210	3,174	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,275	3,240	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,332	3,307	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,376	3,375	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,429	3,444	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,491	3,512	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,546	3,582	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,594	3,651	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,695	3,696	2,048

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.

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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