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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ChileOmanNigeria
15,1402,348121,649
15,3402,403125,014
15,5132,457128,513
15,6862,510132,165
15,8592,562135,971
16,0292,613139,900
16,2222,663143,914
16,3642,713148,019
16,5362,764152,195
16,7002,816156,434
16,8642,871160,751
16,9992,928165,142
17,1892,986169,607
17,3783,047174,142
17,5453,110178,737
17,7203,174183,362
17,9043,240187,979
18,0993,307192,594
18,3503,375197,417
18,6813,444202,498
19,0353,512207,699
19,3853,582213,021
19,6043,651218,473
19,7153,696223,735

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.

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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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

Nigeria

  • 1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.