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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 BarbadosMontenegroOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2736232,34851,181
2746232,40352,782
2756232,45754,453
2766222,51056,170
2786212,56257,860
2796212,61359,599
2806212,66361,474
2816202,71363,479
2826202,76465,590
2836212,81667,800
2856222,87170,114
2866232,92872,550
2876222,98675,138
2886223,04777,792
2896223,11080,534
2906213,17483,368
2916203,24086,229
2916183,30789,193
2926163,37592,209
2936143,44495,232
2946133,51298,320
2946123,582101,499
2956113,651104,767
2956103,696108,171

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

Montenegro

  • 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.