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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 BarbadosNorwayOmanMalta
2734,4632,348387
2744,4922,403390
2754,5152,457393
2764,5392,510396
2784,5662,562398
2794,5932,613401
2804,6242,663404
2814,6622,713405
2824,7102,764406
2834,7692,816409
2854,8302,871412
2864,8902,928414
2874,9542,986416
2885,0203,047420
2895,0813,110426
2905,1383,174435
2915,1913,240445
2915,2373,307455
2925,2783,375468
2935,3133,444485
2945,3493,512504
2945,3803,582516
2955,4093,651518
2955,4583,696530

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