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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 IcelandQatarOmanTurkmenistan
2776272,3484,324
2816592,4034,385
2856912,4574,444
2887242,5104,502
2897572,5624,556
2938502,6134,608
2961,0012,6634,664
3041,1532,7134,719
3111,3062,7644,773
3191,4602,8164,828
3191,6152,8714,884
3181,7702,9284,940
3191,9042,9864,996
3212,0103,0475,053
3242,1033,1105,110
3272,1873,1745,169
3312,2613,2405,227
3352,3263,3075,287
3432,3843,3755,346
3532,4353,4445,405
3612,4803,5125,464
3662,5193,5825,522
3722,5533,6515,579
3802,5593,6965,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.