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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 DominicaLaosOmanCongo - Kinshasa
705,2862,34851,181
715,3972,40352,782
715,4992,45754,453
725,5782,51056,170
725,6542,56257,860
725,7462,61359,599
725,8362,66361,474
725,9312,71363,479
726,0352,76465,590
736,1452,81667,800
736,2572,87170,114
736,3682,92872,550
736,4772,98675,138
736,5863,04777,792
736,6953,11080,534
736,8043,17483,368
746,9123,24086,229
747,0193,30789,193
747,1273,37592,209
747,2343,44495,232
757,3433,51298,320
757,4523,582101,499
767,5603,651104,767
767,6663,696108,171

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 Dominica, Laos, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.