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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	Ethiopia	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	277	63,575	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,213	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,889	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	288	68,649	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	289	70,491	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	293	72,389	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,327	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,326	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,411	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,564	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	319	82,787	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	318	85,096	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	319	87,530	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	321	90,066	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	324	92,632	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,337	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	331	98,114	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	335	100,858	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	343	103,654	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	353	106,466	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	361	109,267	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	366	112,100	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	372	114,964	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.