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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 IcelandMoroccoOmanSudan
27728,4002,34826,168
28128,7442,40326,771
28529,0942,45727,387
28829,4472,51028,017
28929,8062,56228,662
29330,1692,61329,321
29630,5522,66329,996
30430,9532,71330,686
31131,3542,76431,393
31931,7542,81632,137
31932,1542,87133,078
31832,5532,92833,891
31932,9512,98634,568
32133,3463,04735,293
32433,7373,11036,093
32734,1243,17437,058
33134,5113,24038,165
33534,8983,30739,294
34335,2793,37540,512
35335,6533,44441,764
36136,0183,51242,952
36636,3753,58244,121
37236,7233,65145,290
38037,1013,69646,498

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