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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 - KinshasaOmanDenmarkBarbados
51,1812,3485,322273
52,7822,4035,339274
54,4532,4575,358275
56,1702,5105,377276
57,8602,5625,391278
59,5992,6135,404279
61,4742,6635,420280
63,4792,7135,438281
65,5902,7645,461282
67,8002,8165,494283
70,1142,8715,524285
72,5502,9285,548286
75,1382,9865,571287
77,7923,0475,592288
80,5343,1105,614289
83,3683,1745,644290
86,2293,2405,683291
89,1933,3075,730291
92,2093,3755,766292
95,2323,4445,795293
98,3203,5125,818294
101,4993,5825,831294
104,7673,6515,855295
108,1713,6965,907295

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, Denmark, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.