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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 BarbadosAzerbaijanOmanUnited Arab Emirates
2738,0562,3483,101
2748,1272,4033,284
2758,1942,4573,458
2768,2572,5103,613
2788,3192,5623,754
2798,3912,6133,882
2808,4752,6634,000
2818,5652,7134,532
2828,6572,7645,623
2838,7502,8167,277
2858,8422,8718,164
2868,9332,9288,152
2879,0252,9868,438
2889,1173,0478,747
2899,2103,1109,077
2909,3023,1749,321
2919,3933,2409,461
2919,4813,3079,587
2929,5673,3759,699
2939,6493,4449,796
2949,7273,5129,879
2949,8023,5829,953
2959,8743,65110,018
2959,9183,69610,099

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, Azerbaijan, Oman, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.