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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 IcelandMoroccoOmanDenmark
27728,4002,3485,322
28128,7442,4035,339
28529,0942,4575,358
28829,4472,5105,377
28929,8062,5625,391
29330,1692,6135,404
29630,5522,6635,420
30430,9532,7135,438
31131,3542,7645,461
31931,7542,8165,494
31932,1542,8715,524
31832,5532,9285,548
31932,9512,9865,571
32133,3463,0475,592
32433,7373,1105,614
32734,1243,1745,644
33134,5113,2405,683
33534,8983,3075,730
34335,2793,3755,766
35335,6533,4445,795
36136,0183,5125,818
36636,3753,5825,831
37236,7233,6515,855
38037,1013,6965,907

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 Morocco, Oman, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.