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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	United States	Oman	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	279,040	2,348	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	282,162	2,403	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	284,969	2,457	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	287,625	2,510	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	290,108	2,562	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	292,805	2,613	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	295,517	2,663	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	298,380	2,713	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	301,231	2,764	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	304,094	2,816	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	306,772	2,871	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	309,327	2,928	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	311,583	2,986	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	313,878	3,047	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	316,060	3,110	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	318,386	3,174	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	320,739	3,240	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	323,072	3,307	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	325,122	3,375	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	326,838	3,444	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	328,330	3,512	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	331,512	3,582	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	332,032	3,651	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	333,288	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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.