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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 IcelandSenegalOmanPuerto Rico
27710,0702,3483,800
28110,3052,4033,811
28510,5762,4573,819
28810,8642,5103,824
28911,1722,5623,826
29311,4982,6133,827
29611,8392,6633,822
30412,2042,7133,805
31112,5842,7643,783
31912,9782,8163,761
31913,3822,8713,741
31813,7942,9283,722
31914,2262,9863,679
32114,6683,0473,636
32415,1213,1103,589
32715,5893,1743,534
33116,0663,2403,473
33516,5493,3073,411
34317,0443,3753,352
35317,5353,4443,295
36118,0213,5123,268
36618,5183,5823,247
37219,0163,6513,232
38019,5123,6963,228

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