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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 BarbadosAzerbaijanOmanPalestinian Territories
2738,0562,3482,996
2748,1272,4033,075
2758,1942,4573,155
2768,2572,5103,235
2788,3192,5623,315
2798,3912,6133,396
2808,4752,6633,478
2818,5652,7133,559
2828,6572,7643,642
2838,7502,8163,727
2858,8422,8713,817
2868,9332,9283,907
2879,0252,9863,997
2889,1173,0474,088
2899,2103,1104,178
2909,3023,1744,269
2919,3933,2404,359
2919,4813,3074,451
2929,5673,3754,533
2939,6493,4444,615
2949,7273,5124,715
2949,8023,5824,820
2959,8743,6514,930
2959,9183,6965,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.