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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 BarbadosQatarOmanIsrael
2736272,3485,927
2746592,4036,088
2756912,4576,236
2767242,5106,366
2787572,5626,484
2798502,6136,603
2801,0012,6636,723
2811,1532,7136,846
2821,3062,7646,972
2831,4602,8167,100
2851,6152,8717,226
2861,7702,9287,360
2871,9042,9867,498
2882,0103,0477,637
2892,1033,1107,781
2902,1873,1747,931
2912,2613,2408,091
2912,3263,3078,251
2922,3843,3758,412
2932,4353,4448,576
2942,4803,5128,742
2942,5193,5828,899
2952,5533,6519,047
2952,5593,6969,188

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

No separate list is published for Barbados, Qatar, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.