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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 IcelandSudanOmanSierra Leone
27726,1682,3483,736
28126,7712,4033,809
28527,3872,4574,043
28828,0172,5104,287
28928,6622,5624,466
29329,3212,6134,602
29629,9962,6634,708
30430,6862,7134,818
31131,3932,7644,918
31932,1372,8165,023
31933,0782,8715,132
31833,8912,9285,246
31934,5682,9865,364
32135,2933,0475,486
32436,0933,1105,613
32737,0583,1745,744
33138,1653,2405,879
33539,2943,3076,019
34340,5123,3756,163
35341,7643,4446,312
36142,9523,5126,461
36644,1213,5826,611
37245,2903,6516,761
38046,4983,6966,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.