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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	Mali	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	10,596	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	10,833	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	10,890	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	11,007	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	11,307	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	11,579	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	11,804	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	12,043	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	12,337	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	12,657	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	12,986	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	13,325	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	13,679	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	14,040	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	14,412	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	14,803	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	15,210	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	15,629	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	16,060	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	16,507	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	16,967	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	17,442	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	17,930	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	18,494	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 Oman, Mali, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.