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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	Italy	Oman	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	2,348	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	2,403	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	2,457	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	2,510	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	2,562	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	2,613	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	2,663	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	2,713	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	2,764	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	2,816	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	2,871	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	2,928	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	2,986	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	3,047	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	3,110	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	3,174	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	3,240	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	3,307	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	3,375	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	3,444	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	3,512	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	3,582	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	3,651	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	3,696	333,288

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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