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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 DominicaParaguayOmanQatar
705,3662,348627
715,4732,403659
715,5792,457691
725,6832,510724
725,7862,562757
725,8862,613850
725,9842,6631,001
726,0802,7131,153
726,1732,7641,306
736,2642,8161,460
736,3522,8711,615
736,4382,9281,770
736,5222,9861,904
736,6053,0472,010
736,6883,1102,103
736,7693,1742,187
746,8503,2402,261
746,9303,3072,326
747,0123,3752,384
747,0953,4442,435
757,1793,5122,480
757,2633,5822,519
767,3483,6512,553
767,4323,6962,559

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, Paraguay, Oman, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.