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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 - KinshasaOmanHaitiBarbados
51,1812,3488,121273
52,7822,4038,279274
54,4532,4578,430275
56,1702,5108,580276
57,8602,5628,739278
59,5992,6138,900279
61,4742,6639,061280
63,4792,7139,216281
65,5902,7649,364282
67,8002,8169,508283
70,1142,8719,652285
72,5502,9289,553286
75,1382,9869,670287
77,7923,0479,793288
80,5343,1109,922289
83,3683,17410,047290
86,2293,24010,254291
89,1933,30710,486291
92,2093,37510,647292
95,2323,44410,788293
98,3203,51210,933294
101,4993,58211,077294
104,7673,65111,215295
108,1713,69611,349295

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