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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 BarbadosNepalOmanLithuania
27323,0872,3483,419
27423,4872,4033,395
27523,8872,4573,367
27624,2732,5103,340
27824,6452,5623,313
27924,9892,6133,276
28025,2552,6633,223
28125,4842,7133,172
28225,7322,7643,134
28325,9982,8163,102
28526,2982,8713,068
28626,6642,9283,004
28727,0812,9862,937
28827,5053,0472,898
28927,9173,1102,869
29028,3113,1742,844
29128,6783,2402,818
29129,0343,3072,782
29229,3843,3752,744
29329,7183,4442,718
29430,0573,5122,710
29430,5953,5822,711
29531,3113,6512,724
29531,8453,6962,748

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