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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 IcelandIsraelOmanYemen
2775,9272,34816,728
2816,0882,40317,236
2856,2362,45717,762
2886,3662,51018,310
2896,4842,56218,855
2936,6032,61319,410
2966,7232,66320,000
3046,8462,71320,611
3116,9722,76421,236
3197,1002,81621,878
3197,2262,87122,533
3187,3602,92823,195
3197,4982,98623,880
3217,6373,04724,594
3247,7813,11025,311
3277,9313,17426,020
3318,0913,24026,698
3358,2513,30727,347
3438,4123,37527,985
3538,5763,44428,608
3618,7423,51229,216
3668,8993,58229,811
3729,0473,65130,399
3809,1883,69631,058

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.

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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