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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 Dominican RepublicOmanLatviaBarbados
8,1752,3482,386273
8,3012,4032,363274
8,4272,4572,333275
8,5532,5102,306276
8,6782,5622,284278
8,8012,6132,259279
8,9242,6632,235280
9,0442,7132,215281
9,1642,7642,197282
9,2812,8162,174283
9,3982,8712,138285
9,5122,9282,093286
9,6272,9862,055287
9,7423,0472,030288
9,8553,1102,009289
9,9653,1741,991290
10,0723,2401,974291
10,1773,3071,956291
10,2813,3751,938292
10,3853,4441,923293
10,4873,5121,910294
10,5873,5821,897294
10,6863,6511,880295
10,7933,6961,883295

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 Dominican Republic, Oman, Latvia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.