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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 IcelandLuxembourgOmanLebanon
2774332,3483,460
2814382,4033,499
2854432,4573,554
2884482,5103,610
2894542,5623,665
2934602,6133,721
2964672,6633,777
3044742,7133,853
3114822,7643,954
3194912,8164,036
3195002,8714,082
3185092,9284,097
3195212,9864,115
3215333,0474,206
3245473,1104,696
3275603,1745,365
3315713,2405,640
3355863,3075,688
3435993,3755,680
3536103,4445,562
3616233,5125,331
3666333,5824,986
3726433,6514,802
3806513,6964,713

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.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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