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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 BarbadosSudanOmanUkraine
27326,1682,34849,491
27426,7712,40349,014
27527,3872,45748,520
27628,0172,51048,074
27828,6622,56247,692
27929,3212,61347,342
28029,9962,66347,003
28130,6862,71346,685
28231,3932,76446,407
28332,1372,81646,156
28533,0782,87145,951
28633,8912,92845,768
28734,5682,98645,604
28835,2933,04745,492
28936,0933,11045,389
29037,0583,17444,944
29138,1653,24044,429
29139,2943,30744,208
29240,5123,37544,029
29341,7643,44443,944
29442,9523,51243,951
29444,1213,58243,904
29545,2903,65143,746
29546,4983,69639,897

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