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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 IcelandQatarOmanAlbania
2776272,3483,085
2816592,4033,065
2856912,4573,047
2887242,5103,038
2897572,5623,026
2938502,6133,014
2961,0012,6632,998
3041,1532,7132,979
3111,3062,7642,957
3191,4602,8162,934
3191,6152,8712,915
3181,7702,9282,900
3191,9042,9862,892
3212,0103,0472,888
3242,1033,1102,882
3272,1873,1742,876
3312,2613,2402,868
3352,3263,3072,863
3432,3843,3752,861
3532,4353,4442,854
3612,4803,5122,842
3662,5193,5822,825
3722,5533,6512,799
3802,5593,6962,787

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 Qatar, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.