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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Sudan	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	277	138	26,168	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	281	141	26,771	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	144	27,387	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	288	147	28,017	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	289	151	28,662	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	293	154	29,321	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	296	158	29,996	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	304	161	30,686	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	311	165	31,393	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	319	168	32,137	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	319	172	33,078	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	318	176	33,891	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	319	180	34,568	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	321	183	35,293	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	324	187	36,093	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	190	37,058	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	331	194	38,165	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	335	198	39,294	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	343	201	40,512	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	353	204	41,764	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	361	208	42,952	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	366	212	44,121	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	372	216	45,290	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	220	46,498	3,696

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Sudan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.