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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 EthiopiaOmanBenin
63,5752,3486,461
65,2132,4036,677
66,8892,4576,902
68,6492,5107,130
70,4912,5627,360
72,3892,6137,589
74,3272,6637,838
76,3262,7138,089
78,4112,7648,335
80,5642,8168,603
82,7872,8718,884
85,0962,9289,179
87,5302,9869,486
90,0663,0479,805
92,6323,11010,135
95,3373,17410,480
98,1143,24010,842
100,8583,30711,220
103,6543,37511,613
106,4663,44412,018
109,2673,51212,370
112,1003,58212,725
114,9643,65113,081
117,9243,69613,439

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

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