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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	United States	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	279,040	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	282,162	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	284,969	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	287,625	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	290,108	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	292,805	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	295,517	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	298,380	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	301,231	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	304,094	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	306,772	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	309,327	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	311,583	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	313,878	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	316,060	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	318,386	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	320,739	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	323,072	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	325,122	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	326,838	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	328,330	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	331,512	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	332,032	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	333,288	46,498

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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