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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 ColombiaOmanSweden
38,3652,3488,858
38,9112,4038,872
39,4112,4578,896
39,9182,5108,925
40,4162,5628,958
40,8992,6138,994
41,3742,6639,030
41,8622,7139,081
42,3242,7649,148
42,7812,8169,220
43,2642,8719,299
43,7712,9289,378
44,2252,9869,449
44,6603,0479,519
45,0813,1109,600
45,8463,1749,696
46,2903,2409,799
46,7963,3079,923
47,3853,37510,058
48,2223,44410,175
49,3263,51210,279
50,2833,58210,354
50,9783,65110,416
51,3323,69610,487

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

Colombia

  • 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
  • 1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
  • 1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

Sweden

  • 1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
  • 1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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