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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	Mali	Oman	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,596	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,833	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,890	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,007	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,307	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,579	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,804	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,043	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,337	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,657	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,986	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,325	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	13,679	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,040	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,412	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,803	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,210	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,629	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,060	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,507	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,967	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,442	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,930	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	18,494	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.

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