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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	Liberia	Oman	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	2,348	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	2,403	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	2,457	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	2,510	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	2,562	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	2,613	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	2,663	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	2,713	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	2,764	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	2,816	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	2,871	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	2,928	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	2,986	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	3,047	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	3,110	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	3,174	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	3,240	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	3,307	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	3,375	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	3,444	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	3,512	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	3,582	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	3,651	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	3,696	1,330

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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