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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 BarbadosAngolaOmanSudan
27311,3342,34826,168
27411,6762,40326,771
27512,0302,45727,387
27612,4432,51028,017
27812,9362,56228,662
27913,4802,61329,321
28014,0122,66329,996
28114,5352,71330,686
28215,0842,76431,393
28315,6582,81632,137
28516,2602,87133,078
28616,8852,92833,891
28717,5252,98634,568
28818,2023,04735,293
28918,9083,11036,093
29019,6243,17437,058
29120,3543,24038,165
29121,0983,30739,294
29221,8593,37540,512
29322,6383,44441,764
29423,4373,51242,952
29424,2533,58244,121
29525,0893,65145,290
29525,8783,69646,498

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

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