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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 BarbadosMontenegroOmanYemen
2736232,34816,728
2746232,40317,236
2756232,45717,762
2766222,51018,310
2786212,56218,855
2796212,61319,410
2806212,66320,000
2816202,71320,611
2826202,76421,236
2836212,81621,878
2856222,87122,533
2866232,92823,195
2876222,98623,880
2886223,04724,594
2896223,11025,311
2906213,17426,020
2916203,24026,698
2916183,30727,347
2926163,37527,985
2936143,44428,608
2946133,51229,216
2946123,58229,811
2956113,65130,399
2956103,69631,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.