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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 BarbadosEstoniaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2731,3782,34851,181
2741,4002,40352,782
2751,3912,45754,453
2761,3822,51056,170
2781,3742,56257,860
2791,3652,61359,599
2801,3572,66361,474
2811,3492,71363,479
2821,3412,76465,590
2831,3372,81667,800
2851,3342,87170,114
2861,3322,92872,550
2871,3282,98675,138
2881,3243,04777,792
2891,3193,11080,534
2901,3143,17483,368
2911,3123,24086,229
2911,3143,30789,193
2921,3143,37592,209
2931,3183,44495,232
2941,3233,51298,320
2941,3273,582101,499
2951,3293,651104,767
2951,3303,696108,171

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.

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