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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 BarbadosHondurasOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2736,1982,34851,181
2746,3672,40352,782
2756,5352,45754,453
2766,6982,51056,170
2786,8632,56257,860
2797,0282,61359,599
2807,1942,66361,474
2817,3592,71363,479
2827,5222,76465,590
2837,6822,81667,800
2857,8392,87170,114
2867,9912,92872,550
2878,1412,98675,138
2888,2883,04777,792
2898,4293,11080,534
2908,5463,17483,368
2918,6613,24086,229
2918,7703,30789,193
2928,8783,37592,209
2939,0023,44495,232
2949,1543,51298,320
2949,3043,582101,499
2959,4483,651104,767
2959,5903,696108,171

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.

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