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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	Japan	Oman	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	126,512	2,348	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	126,755	2,403	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	127,056	2,457	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	127,324	2,510	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	127,558	2,562	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	127,658	2,613	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	127,679	2,663	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	127,762	2,713	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	127,904	2,764	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	127,969	2,816	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	127,958	2,871	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	127,967	2,928	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	127,755	2,986	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	127,476	3,047	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	127,257	3,110	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	127,186	3,174	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	127,034	3,240	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	126,857	3,307	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	126,631	3,375	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	126,368	3,444	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	126,092	3,512	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	125,634	3,582	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	125,427	3,651	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	124,762	3,696	3,228

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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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