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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 BarbadosOmanNorwaySt. Lucia
2732,3484,463152
2742,4034,492153
2752,4574,515154
2762,5104,539155
2782,5624,566156
2792,6134,593157
2802,6634,624157
2812,7134,662158
2822,7644,710159
2832,8164,769160
2852,8714,830160
2862,9284,890161
2872,9864,954162
2883,0475,020162
2893,1105,081163
2903,1745,138163
2913,2405,191164
2913,3075,237164
2923,3755,278165
2933,4445,313166
2943,5125,349166
2943,5825,380167
2953,6515,409167
2953,6965,458167

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.