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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 IcelandOmanGreeceNorth Macedonia
2772,34810,6182,006
2812,40310,6622,017
2852,45710,7182,026
2882,51010,7572,011
2892,56210,7832,018
2932,61310,8092,024
2962,66310,8412,028
3042,71310,8742,031
3112,76410,9012,035
3192,81610,9302,038
3192,87110,9592,042
3182,92810,9732,046
3192,98610,9572,049
3213,04710,8982,052
3243,11010,8192,055
3273,17410,7472,058
3313,24010,6772,061
3353,30710,6332,063
3433,37510,6122,065
3533,44410,5902,067
3613,51210,5792,068
3663,58210,5562,065
3723,65110,4992,057
3803,69610,4372,048

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.

Greece

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
  • 1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
  • 1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

North Macedonia

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

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