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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	Dominica	Oman	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	2,348	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	2,403	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	2,457	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	2,510	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	2,562	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	2,613	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	2,663	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	2,713	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	2,764	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	2,816	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	2,871	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	2,928	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	2,986	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	3,047	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	3,110	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	3,174	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	3,240	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	3,307	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	3,375	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	3,444	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	3,512	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	3,582	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	3,651	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	3,696	29,417

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 Dominica, Oman, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.