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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	Sudan	Oman	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	2,348	70
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	2,403	71
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	2,457	71
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	2,510	72
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	2,562	72
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	2,613	72
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	2,663	72
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	2,713	72
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	2,764	72
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	2,816	73
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	2,871	73
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	2,928	73
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	2,986	73
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	3,047	73
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	3,110	73
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	3,174	73
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	3,240	74
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	3,307	74
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	3,375	74
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	3,444	74
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	3,512	75
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	3,582	75
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	3,651	76
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	3,696	76

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