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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 BarbadosSudanOmanVietnam
27326,1682,34878,394
27426,7712,40379,472
27527,3872,45780,546
27628,0172,51081,637
27828,6622,56282,720
27929,3212,61383,821
28029,9962,66384,942
28130,6862,71386,036
28231,3932,76487,136
28332,1372,81688,253
28533,0782,87189,373
28633,8912,92890,481
28734,5682,98691,591
28835,2933,04792,720
28936,0933,11093,883
29037,0583,17495,055
29138,1653,24096,222
29139,2943,30797,380
29240,5123,37598,507
29341,7643,44499,604
29442,9523,512100,695
29444,1213,582101,771
29545,2903,651102,815
29546,4983,696103,574

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