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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	2,348	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	2,403	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	2,457	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	2,510	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	2,562	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	2,613	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	2,663	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	2,713	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	2,764	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	2,816	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	2,871	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	2,986	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	3,047	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	3,110	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	3,174	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	3,240	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	3,307	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	3,375	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	3,444	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	3,512	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	3,582	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	3,651	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	3,696	9,188

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.

Israel

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

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