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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 Congo - KinshasaOmanAlbaniaMalta
51,1812,3483,085387
52,7822,4033,065390
54,4532,4573,047393
56,1702,5103,038396
57,8602,5623,026398
59,5992,6133,014401
61,4742,6632,998404
63,4792,7132,979405
65,5902,7642,957406
67,8002,8162,934409
70,1142,8712,915412
72,5502,9282,900414
75,1382,9862,892416
77,7923,0472,888420
80,5343,1102,882426
83,3683,1742,876435
86,2293,2402,868445
89,1933,3072,863455
92,2093,3752,861468
95,2323,4442,854485
98,3203,5122,842504
101,4993,5822,825516
104,7673,6512,799518
108,1713,6962,787530

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Albania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.