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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	Indonesia	Oman	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	3,696	46,498

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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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