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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 BarbadosLuxembourgOmanNorway
2734332,3484,463
2744382,4034,492
2754432,4574,515
2764482,5104,539
2784542,5624,566
2794602,6134,593
2804672,6634,624
2814742,7134,662
2824822,7644,710
2834912,8164,769
2855002,8714,830
2865092,9284,890
2875212,9864,954
2885333,0475,020
2895473,1105,081
2905603,1745,138
2915713,2405,191
2915863,3075,237
2925993,3755,278
2936103,4445,313
2946233,5125,349
2946333,5825,380
2956433,6515,409
2956513,6965,458

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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