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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 BarbadosLithuaniaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2733,4192,34851,181
2743,3952,40352,782
2753,3672,45754,453
2763,3402,51056,170
2783,3132,56257,860
2793,2762,61359,599
2803,2232,66361,474
2813,1722,71363,479
2823,1342,76465,590
2833,1022,81667,800
2853,0682,87170,114
2863,0042,92872,550
2872,9372,98675,138
2882,8983,04777,792
2892,8693,11080,534
2902,8443,17483,368
2912,8183,24086,229
2912,7823,30789,193
2922,7443,37592,209
2932,7183,44495,232
2942,7103,51298,320
2942,7113,582101,499
2952,7243,651104,767
2952,7483,696108,171

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