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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	Cambodia	Oman	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	2,348	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	2,403	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	2,457	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	2,510	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	2,562	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	2,613	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	2,663	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	2,713	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	2,764	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	2,816	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	2,871	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	2,928	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	2,986	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	3,047	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	3,110	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	3,174	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	3,240	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	3,307	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	3,375	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	3,444	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	3,512	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	3,582	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	3,651	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	3,696	31,058

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 Cambodia, Oman, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.