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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	Cameroon	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,483	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,913	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,354	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,815	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,289	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,764	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,249	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	304	18,746	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	311	19,278	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	319	19,843	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,419	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,002	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,586	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,181	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,800	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,513	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	331	24,273	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,995	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,680	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	353	26,373	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	361	27,114	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,878	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,663	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	29,417	3,696

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

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.

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