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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	Nepal	Oman	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	2,348	277
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	2,403	281
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	2,457	285
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	2,510	288
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	2,562	289
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	2,613	293
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	2,663	296
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	2,713	304
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	2,764	311
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	2,816	319
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	2,871	319
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	2,928	318
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	2,986	319
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	3,047	321
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	3,110	324
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	3,174	327
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	3,240	331
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	3,307	335
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	3,375	343
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	3,444	353
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	3,512	361
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	3,582	366
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	3,651	372
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	3,696	380

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