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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 BarbadosCroatiaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2734,3772,34851,181
2744,3342,40352,782
2754,1712,45754,453
2764,1762,51056,170
2784,1762,56257,860
2794,1792,61359,599
2804,1822,66361,474
2814,1832,71363,479
2824,1832,76465,590
2834,1812,81667,800
2854,1772,87170,114
2864,1672,92872,550
2874,1542,98675,138
2884,1413,04777,792
2894,1263,11080,534
2904,1093,17483,368
2914,0813,24086,229
2914,0473,30789,193
2924,0063,37592,209
2933,9683,44495,232
2943,9453,51298,320
2943,9253,582101,499
2953,8393,651104,767
2953,7903,696108,171

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

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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