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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 BarbadosNepalOmanSenegal
27323,0872,34810,070
27423,4872,40310,305
27523,8872,45710,576
27624,2732,51010,864
27824,6452,56211,172
27924,9892,61311,498
28025,2552,66311,839
28125,4842,71312,204
28225,7322,76412,584
28325,9982,81612,978
28526,2982,87113,382
28626,6642,92813,794
28727,0812,98614,226
28827,5053,04714,668
28927,9173,11015,121
29028,3113,17415,589
29128,6783,24016,066
29129,0343,30716,549
29229,3843,37517,044
29329,7183,44417,535
29430,0573,51218,021
29430,5953,58218,518
29531,3113,65119,016
29531,8453,69619,512

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