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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 IcelandCameroonOmanYemen
27715,4832,34816,728
28115,9132,40317,236
28516,3542,45717,762
28816,8152,51018,310
28917,2892,56218,855
29317,7642,61319,410
29618,2492,66320,000
30418,7462,71320,611
31119,2782,76421,236
31919,8432,81621,878
31920,4192,87122,533
31821,0022,92823,195
31921,5862,98623,880
32122,1813,04724,594
32422,8003,11025,311
32723,5133,17426,020
33124,2733,24026,698
33524,9953,30727,347
34325,6803,37527,985
35326,3733,44428,608
36127,1143,51229,216
36627,8783,58229,811
37228,6633,65130,399
38029,4173,69631,058

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.

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