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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	Zambia	Oman	Albania	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	3,085	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	3,065	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	3,047	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	3,038	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	3,026	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	3,014	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	2,998	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	2,979	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	2,957	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	2,934	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	2,915	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	2,900	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	2,892	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	2,888	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	2,882	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	2,876	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	2,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	2,863	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	2,861	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	2,854	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	2,842	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,825	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,799	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,787	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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