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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 IcelandGuineaOmanDenmark
2777,6102,3485,322
2817,7802,4035,339
2857,8212,4575,358
2887,9062,5105,377
2898,1212,5625,391
2938,3172,6135,404
2968,4782,6635,420
3048,6502,7135,438
3118,8602,7645,461
3199,0912,8165,494
3199,3272,8715,524
3189,5712,9285,548
3199,8252,9865,571
32110,0843,0475,592
32410,3513,1105,614
32710,6323,1745,644
33110,9243,2405,683
33511,2253,3075,730
34311,5343,3755,766
35311,8553,4445,795
36112,1603,5125,818
36612,4693,5825,831
37212,7783,6515,855
38013,0873,6965,907

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 Guinea, Oman, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.