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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 BarbadosNorwayOmanSt. Lucia
2734,4632,348152
2744,4922,403153
2754,5152,457154
2764,5392,510155
2784,5662,562156
2794,5932,613157
2804,6242,663157
2814,6622,713158
2824,7102,764159
2834,7692,816160
2854,8302,871160
2864,8902,928161
2874,9542,986162
2885,0203,047162
2895,0813,110163
2905,1383,174163
2915,1913,240164
2915,2373,307164
2925,2783,375165
2935,3133,444166
2945,3493,512166
2945,3803,582167
2955,4093,651167
2955,4583,696167

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