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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	North Macedonia	Oman	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,006	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,017	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,026	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,011	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,018	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,024	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,028	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,031	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,035	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,038	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,042	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,046	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,049	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,052	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,055	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,058	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,061	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,063	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,065	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,067	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,068	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,065	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,057	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,048	3,696	651

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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