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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 IcelandSudanOmanHaiti
27726,1682,3488,121
28126,7712,4038,279
28527,3872,4578,430
28828,0172,5108,580
28928,6622,5628,739
29329,3212,6138,900
29629,9962,6639,061
30430,6862,7139,216
31131,3932,7649,364
31932,1372,8169,508
31933,0782,8719,652
31833,8912,9289,553
31934,5682,9869,670
32135,2933,0479,793
32436,0933,1109,922
32737,0583,17410,047
33138,1653,24010,254
33539,2943,30710,486
34340,5123,37510,647
35341,7643,44410,788
36142,9523,51210,933
36644,1213,58211,077
37245,2903,65111,215
38046,4983,69611,349

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