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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 BarbadosMaltaOmanRussia
2733872,348147,218
2743902,403146,600
2753932,457145,980
2763962,510145,310
2783982,562144,652
2794012,613144,071
2804042,663143,522
2814052,713143,053
2824062,764142,809
2834092,816142,746
2854122,871142,789
2864142,928142,853
2874162,986142,964
2884203,047143,205
2894263,110143,510
2904353,174146,094
2914453,240146,410
2914553,307146,678
2924683,375146,846
2934853,444146,834
2945043,512146,768
2945163,582146,463
2955183,651145,849
2955303,696146,693

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

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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