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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	Seychelles	Oman	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	78	2,348	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	79	2,403	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	80	2,457	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	81	2,510	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	82	2,562	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	83	2,613	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,663	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,713	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,764	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,816	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,871	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,928	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,986	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	90	3,047	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	91	3,110	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	92	3,174	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	92	3,240	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	93	3,307	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	94	3,375	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	95	3,444	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	96	3,512	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	97	3,582	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	98	3,651	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	98	3,696	5,458

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

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