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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 BarbadosPuerto RicoOmanArmenia
2733,8002,3482,970
2743,8112,4032,966
2753,8192,4572,965
2763,8242,5102,962
2783,8262,5622,955
2793,8272,6132,953
2803,8222,6632,951
2813,8052,7132,948
2823,7832,7642,946
2833,7612,8162,943
2853,7412,8712,941
2863,7222,9282,939
2873,6792,9862,937
2883,6363,0472,934
2893,5893,1102,932
2903,5343,1742,928
2913,4733,2402,924
2913,4113,3072,919
2923,3523,3752,913
2933,2953,4442,907
2943,2683,5122,899
2943,2473,5822,891
2953,2323,6512,881
2953,2283,6962,871

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, Puerto Rico, Oman, Armenia; the database as a whole is cited above.