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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 IcelandSudanOmanCameroon
27726,1682,34815,483
28126,7712,40315,913
28527,3872,45716,354
28828,0172,51016,815
28928,6622,56217,289
29329,3212,61317,764
29629,9962,66318,249
30430,6862,71318,746
31131,3932,76419,278
31932,1372,81619,843
31933,0782,87120,419
31833,8912,92821,002
31934,5682,98621,586
32135,2933,04722,181
32436,0933,11022,800
32737,0583,17423,513
33138,1653,24024,273
33539,2943,30724,995
34340,5123,37525,680
35341,7643,44426,373
36142,9523,51227,114
36644,1213,58227,878
37245,2903,65128,663
38046,4983,69629,417

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 Sudan, Oman, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.