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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 BarbadosSudanOmanAngola
27326,1682,34811,334
27426,7712,40311,676
27527,3872,45712,030
27628,0172,51012,443
27828,6622,56212,936
27929,3212,61313,480
28029,9962,66314,012
28130,6862,71314,535
28231,3932,76415,084
28332,1372,81615,658
28533,0782,87116,260
28633,8912,92816,885
28734,5682,98617,525
28835,2933,04718,202
28936,0933,11018,908
29037,0583,17419,624
29138,1653,24020,354
29139,2943,30721,098
29240,5123,37521,859
29341,7643,44422,638
29442,9523,51223,437
29444,1213,58224,253
29545,2903,65125,089
29546,4983,69625,878

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, Angola; the database as a whole is cited above.