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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	Ecuador	Oman	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,268	2,348	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,446	2,403	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,629	2,457	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,827	2,510	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	13,074	2,562	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,368	2,613	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,661	2,663	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,915	2,713	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,133	2,764	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,352	2,816	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	14,569	2,871	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,786	2,928	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	15,002	2,986	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	15,218	3,047	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,433	3,110	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,647	3,174	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,860	3,240	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,072	3,307	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,282	3,375	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,489	3,444	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,693	3,512	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,894	3,582	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,093	3,651	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,288	3,696	18,494

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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