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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	Oman	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	12,060

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.

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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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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