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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandOmanSingapore
2772,3483,959
2812,4034,028
2852,4574,138
2882,5104,176
2892,5624,115
2932,6134,167
2962,6634,266
3042,7134,401
3112,7644,589
3192,8164,839
3192,8714,988
3182,9285,077
3192,9865,184
3213,0475,312
3243,1105,399
3273,1745,470
3313,2405,535
3353,3075,607
3433,3755,612
3533,4445,639
3613,5125,704
3663,5825,686
3723,6515,716
3803,6965,750

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.

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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