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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 BarbadosMaltaOmanNorway
2733872,3484,463
2743902,4034,492
2753932,4574,515
2763962,5104,539
2783982,5624,566
2794012,6134,593
2804042,6634,624
2814052,7134,662
2824062,7644,710
2834092,8164,769
2854122,8714,830
2864142,9284,890
2874162,9864,954
2884203,0475,020
2894263,1105,081
2904353,1745,138
2914453,2405,191
2914553,3075,237
2924683,3755,278
2934853,4445,313
2945043,5125,349
2945163,5825,380
2955183,6515,409
2955303,6965,458

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, Malta, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.