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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	2,348	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	2,403	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	2,457	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	2,510	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	2,562	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	2,613	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	2,663	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	2,713	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	2,764	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	2,816	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	2,871	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	2,928	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	2,986	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	3,047	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	3,110	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	3,174	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	3,240	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	3,307	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	3,375	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	3,444	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	3,512	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	3,582	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	3,651	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	3,696	19,512

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