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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 ColombiaOmanSlovenia
38,3652,3481,998
38,9112,4032,004
39,4112,4572,006
39,9182,5102,009
40,4162,5622,010
40,8992,6132,011
41,3742,6632,015
41,8622,7132,022
42,3242,7642,033
42,7812,8162,036
43,2642,8712,056
43,7712,9282,063
44,2252,9862,067
44,6603,0472,071
45,0813,1102,074
45,8463,1742,076
46,2903,2402,078
46,7963,3072,079
47,3853,3752,081
48,2223,4442,087
49,3263,5122,104
50,2833,5822,118
50,9783,6512,123
51,3323,6962,124

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

Slovenia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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