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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 BarbadosSudanOmanBelarus
27326,1682,34810,064
27426,7712,40310,034
27527,3872,45710,000
27628,0172,5109,955
27828,6622,5629,905
27929,3212,6139,856
28029,9962,6639,807
28130,6862,7139,764
28231,3932,7649,734
28332,1372,8169,713
28533,0782,8719,697
28633,8912,9289,681
28734,5682,9869,662
28835,2933,0479,643
28936,0933,1109,624
29037,0583,1749,605
29138,1653,2409,585
29139,2943,3079,564
29240,5123,3759,542
29341,7643,4449,519
29442,9523,5129,495
29444,1213,5829,469
29545,2903,6519,442
29546,4983,6969,400

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