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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 IcelandGermanyOmanYemen
27781,4392,34816,728
28181,4742,40317,236
28581,5342,45717,762
28881,5952,51018,310
28981,5662,56218,855
29381,4732,61319,410
29681,3542,66320,000
30481,1902,71320,611
31181,0092,76421,236
31980,7812,81621,878
31980,5002,87122,533
31880,3012,92823,195
31980,2922,98623,880
32180,4433,04724,594
32480,6633,11025,311
32781,0003,17426,020
33181,7043,24026,698
33582,3663,30727,347
34382,6743,37527,985
35382,9233,44428,608
36183,1103,51229,216
36683,1783,58229,811
37283,2133,65130,399
38083,8113,69631,058

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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