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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 IcelandGuineaOmanYemen
2777,6102,34816,728
2817,7802,40317,236
2857,8212,45717,762
2887,9062,51018,310
2898,1212,56218,855
2938,3172,61319,410
2968,4782,66320,000
3048,6502,71320,611
3118,8602,76421,236
3199,0912,81621,878
3199,3272,87122,533
3189,5712,92823,195
3199,8252,98623,880
32110,0843,04724,594
32410,3513,11025,311
32710,6323,17426,020
33110,9243,24026,698
33511,2253,30727,347
34311,5343,37527,985
35311,8553,44428,608
36112,1603,51229,216
36612,4693,58229,811
37212,7783,65130,399
38013,0873,69631,058

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.

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