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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 BarbadosGuineaOmanMali
2737,6102,34810,596
2747,7802,40310,833
2757,8212,45710,890
2767,9062,51011,007
2788,1212,56211,307
2798,3172,61311,579
2808,4782,66311,804
2818,6502,71312,043
2828,8602,76412,337
2839,0912,81612,657
2859,3272,87112,986
2869,5712,92813,325
2879,8252,98613,679
28810,0843,04714,040
28910,3513,11014,412
29010,6323,17414,803
29110,9243,24015,210
29111,2253,30715,629
29211,5343,37516,060
29311,8553,44416,507
29412,1603,51216,967
29412,4693,58217,442
29512,7783,65117,930
29513,0873,69618,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.