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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	Saudi Arabia	Oman	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	2,348	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	2,403	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	2,457	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	2,510	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	2,562	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	2,613	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	2,663	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	2,713	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	2,764	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	2,816	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	2,871	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	2,928	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	2,986	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	3,047	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	3,110	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	3,174	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	3,240	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	3,307	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	3,375	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	3,444	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	3,512	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	3,582	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	3,651	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	3,696	11,695

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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