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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 BarbadosGuineaOmanAlbania
2737,6102,3483,085
2747,7802,4033,065
2757,8212,4573,047
2767,9062,5103,038
2788,1212,5623,026
2798,3172,6133,014
2808,4782,6632,998
2818,6502,7132,979
2828,8602,7642,957
2839,0912,8162,934
2859,3272,8712,915
2869,5712,9282,900
2879,8252,9862,892
28810,0843,0472,888
28910,3513,1102,882
29010,6323,1742,876
29110,9243,2402,868
29111,2253,3072,863
29211,5343,3752,861
29311,8553,4442,854
29412,1603,5122,842
29412,4693,5822,825
29512,7783,6512,799
29513,0873,6962,787

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, Guinea, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.