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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 IcelandLuxembourgOmanYemen
2774332,34816,728
2814382,40317,236
2854432,45717,762
2884482,51018,310
2894542,56218,855
2934602,61319,410
2964672,66320,000
3044742,71320,611
3114822,76421,236
3194912,81621,878
3195002,87122,533
3185092,92823,195
3195212,98623,880
3215333,04724,594
3245473,11025,311
3275603,17426,020
3315713,24026,698
3355863,30727,347
3435993,37527,985
3536103,44428,608
3616233,51229,216
3666333,58229,811
3726433,65130,399
3806513,69631,058

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.

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