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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	Qatar	Ecuador	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	12,268	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	12,446	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	12,629	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	12,827	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	13,074	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	13,368	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	13,661	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	13,915	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	14,133	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	14,352	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	14,569	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	14,786	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	15,002	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	15,218	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	15,433	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	15,647	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	15,860	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	16,072	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	16,282	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	16,489	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	16,693	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	16,894	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	17,093	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	17,288	3,696

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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