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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	117,924

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.

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