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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	Türkiye	Oman	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	65,020	2,348	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,949	2,403	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,869	2,457	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	67,728	2,510	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	68,541	2,562	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	69,366	2,613	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	70,224	2,663	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	71,106	2,713	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	71,992	2,764	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	72,909	2,816	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	73,922	2,871	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	75,054	2,928	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	76,164	2,986	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,141	3,047	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	78,138	3,110	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	79,199	3,174	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	80,262	3,240	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	81,350	3,307	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,412	3,375	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	83,535	3,444	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	84,737	3,512	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	85,564	3,582	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	86,346	3,651	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	87,201	3,696	58,966

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.

Türkiye

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
700 - 1820: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011; Milanovic, B. (2006), “An estimate of average income and inequality in Byzantium around year 1000,” Review of Income and Wealth 52 (3).
1500-1820: Pamuk, S. (2009). “Estimating GDP per capita for the Ottoman Empire in a European Comparative Framework, 1500-1820”, paper presented at the XVth World Economic History Congress, August 2009, Utrecht
182, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1923-48: T. Bulutay, Y.S. Tezel and N. Yielderim, Turkiye Milli Geliri 1923-1948, Ankara, 1974.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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