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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 IcelandYemenOmanTurkmenistan
27716,7282,3484,324
28117,2362,4034,385
28517,7622,4574,444
28818,3102,5104,502
28918,8552,5624,556
29319,4102,6134,608
29620,0002,6634,664
30420,6112,7134,719
31121,2362,7644,773
31921,8782,8164,828
31922,5332,8714,884
31823,1952,9284,940
31923,8802,9864,996
32124,5943,0475,053
32425,3113,1105,110
32726,0203,1745,169
33126,6983,2405,227
33527,3473,3075,287
34327,9853,3755,346
35328,6083,4445,405
36129,2163,5125,464
36629,8113,5825,522
37230,3993,6515,579
38031,0583,6965,657

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 Yemen, Oman, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.