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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 BarbadosOmanNorwayLuxembourg
2732,3484,463433
2742,4034,492438
2752,4574,515443
2762,5104,539448
2782,5624,566454
2792,6134,593460
2802,6634,624467
2812,7134,662474
2822,7644,710482
2832,8164,769491
2852,8714,830500
2862,9284,890509
2872,9864,954521
2883,0475,020533
2893,1105,081547
2903,1745,138560
2913,2405,191571
2913,3075,237586
2923,3755,278599
2933,4445,313610
2943,5125,349623
2943,5825,380633
2953,6515,409643
2953,6965,458651

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