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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 BarbadosCongo - KinshasaOmanSri Lanka
27351,1812,34819,354
27452,7822,40319,610
27554,4532,45719,838
27656,1702,51020,060
27857,8602,56220,297
27959,5992,61320,529
28061,4742,66320,703
28163,4792,71320,917
28265,5902,76421,120
28367,8002,81621,315
28570,1142,87121,503
28672,5502,92821,713
28775,1382,98621,918
28877,7923,04722,120
28980,5343,11022,320
29083,3683,17422,517
29186,2293,24022,711
29189,1933,30722,899
29292,2093,37523,080
29395,2323,44423,254
29498,3203,51223,420
294101,4993,58223,579
295104,7673,65123,732
295108,1713,69623,796

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.