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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 BarbadosOmanNorwayMalta
2732,3484,463387
2742,4034,492390
2752,4574,515393
2762,5104,539396
2782,5624,566398
2792,6134,593401
2802,6634,624404
2812,7134,662405
2822,7644,710406
2832,8164,769409
2852,8714,830412
2862,9284,890414
2872,9864,954416
2883,0475,020420
2893,1105,081426
2903,1745,138435
2913,2405,191445
2913,3075,237455
2923,3755,278468
2933,4445,313485
2943,5125,349504
2943,5825,380516
2953,6515,409518
2953,6965,458530

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.