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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 BarbadosMaliOmanAlbania
27310,5962,3483,085
27410,8332,4033,065
27510,8902,4573,047
27611,0072,5103,038
27811,3072,5623,026
27911,5792,6133,014
28011,8042,6632,998
28112,0432,7132,979
28212,3372,7642,957
28312,6572,8162,934
28512,9862,8712,915
28613,3252,9282,900
28713,6792,9862,892
28814,0403,0472,888
28914,4123,1102,882
29014,8033,1742,876
29115,2103,2402,868
29115,6293,3072,863
29216,0603,3752,861
29316,5073,4442,854
29416,9673,5122,842
29417,4423,5822,825
29517,9303,6512,799
29518,4943,6962,787

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

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