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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 IcelandLuxembourgSudanOman
27743326,1682,348
28143826,7712,403
28544327,3872,457
28844828,0172,510
28945428,6622,562
29346029,3212,613
29646729,9962,663
30447430,6862,713
31148231,3932,764
31949132,1372,816
31950033,0782,871
31850933,8912,928
31952134,5682,986
32153335,2933,047
32454736,0933,110
32756037,0583,174
33157138,1653,240
33558639,2943,307
34359940,5123,375
35361041,7643,444
36162342,9523,512
36663344,1213,582
37264345,2903,651
38065146,4983,696

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