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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 Cape VerdeCongo - KinshasaOmanAlbania
42251,1812,3483,085
43052,7822,4033,065
43854,4532,4573,047
44756,1702,5103,038
45557,8602,5623,026
46359,5992,6133,014
47161,4742,6632,998
47863,4792,7132,979
48665,5902,7642,957
49467,8002,8162,934
50170,1142,8712,915
50972,5502,9282,900
51675,1382,9862,892
52477,7923,0472,888
53180,5343,1102,882
53983,3683,1742,876
54686,2293,2402,868
55389,1933,3072,863
56292,2093,3752,861
56895,2323,4442,854
57498,3203,5122,842
580101,4993,5822,825
585104,7673,6512,799
590108,1713,6962,787

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 Cape Verde, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.