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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	Seychelles	Oman	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	277	78	2,348	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	281	79	2,403	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	285	80	2,457	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	288	81	2,510	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	289	82	2,562	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	293	83	2,613	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	296	84	2,663	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	304	85	2,713	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	86	2,764	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	319	87	2,816	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	319	87	2,871	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	318	88	2,928	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	319	89	2,986	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	321	90	3,047	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	324	91	3,110	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	92	3,174	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	331	92	3,240	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	335	93	3,307	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	94	3,375	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	353	95	3,444	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	361	96	3,512	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	366	97	3,582	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	372	98	3,651	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	380	98	3,696	5,907

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 Seychelles, Oman, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.