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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 BarbadosQatarOmanHaiti
2736272,3488,121
2746592,4038,279
2756912,4578,430
2767242,5108,580
2787572,5628,739
2798502,6138,900
2801,0012,6639,061
2811,1532,7139,216
2821,3062,7649,364
2831,4602,8169,508
2851,6152,8719,652
2861,7702,9289,553
2871,9042,9869,670
2882,0103,0479,793
2892,1033,1109,922
2902,1873,17410,047
2912,2613,24010,254
2912,3263,30710,486
2922,3843,37510,647
2932,4353,44410,788
2942,4803,51210,933
2942,5193,58211,077
2952,5533,65111,215
2952,5593,69611,349

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, Qatar, Oman, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.