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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 BarbadosDominicaSingaporeOman
273703,9592,348
274714,0282,403
275714,1382,457
276724,1762,510
278724,1152,562
279724,1672,613
280724,2662,663
281724,4012,713
282724,5892,764
283734,8392,816
285734,9882,871
286735,0772,928
287735,1842,986
288735,3123,047
289735,3993,110
290735,4703,174
291745,5353,240
291745,6073,307
292745,6123,375
293745,6393,444
294755,7043,512
294755,6863,582
295765,7163,651
295765,7503,696

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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