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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 BarbadosYemenOmanAlbania
27316,7282,3483,085
27417,2362,4033,065
27517,7622,4573,047
27618,3102,5103,038
27818,8552,5623,026
27919,4102,6133,014
28020,0002,6632,998
28120,6112,7132,979
28221,2362,7642,957
28321,8782,8162,934
28522,5332,8712,915
28623,1952,9282,900
28723,8802,9862,892
28824,5943,0472,888
28925,3113,1102,882
29026,0203,1742,876
29126,6983,2402,868
29127,3473,3072,863
29227,9853,3752,861
29328,6083,4442,854
29429,2163,5122,842
29429,8113,5822,825
29530,3993,6512,799
29531,0583,6962,787

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, Yemen, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.