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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 BarbadosSudanOmanArmenia
27326,1682,3482,970
27426,7712,4032,966
27527,3872,4572,965
27628,0172,5102,962
27828,6622,5622,955
27929,3212,6132,953
28029,9962,6632,951
28130,6862,7132,948
28231,3932,7642,946
28332,1372,8162,943
28533,0782,8712,941
28633,8912,9282,939
28734,5682,9862,937
28835,2933,0472,934
28936,0933,1102,932
29037,0583,1742,928
29138,1653,2402,924
29139,2943,3072,919
29240,5123,3752,913
29341,7643,4442,907
29442,9523,5122,899
29444,1213,5822,891
29545,2903,6512,881
29546,4983,6962,871

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