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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date NorwayOmanBosnia & Herzegovina
4,4632,3483,811
4,4922,4033,901
4,5152,4573,919
4,5392,5103,923
4,5662,5623,940
4,5932,6133,975
4,6242,6633,991
4,6622,7133,993
4,7102,7643,990
4,7692,8163,987
4,8302,8713,985
4,8902,9283,983
4,9542,9863,980
5,0203,0473,977
5,0813,1103,973
5,1383,1743,968
5,1913,2403,963
5,2373,3073,957
5,2783,3753,951
5,3133,4443,944
5,3493,5123,937
5,3803,5823,929
5,4093,6513,921
5,4583,6963,876

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.

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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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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