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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 EthiopiaOmanSierra Leone
63,5752,3483,736
65,2132,4033,809
66,8892,4574,043
68,6492,5104,287
70,4912,5624,466
72,3892,6134,602
74,3272,6634,708
76,3262,7134,818
78,4112,7644,918
80,5642,8165,023
82,7872,8715,132
85,0962,9285,246
87,5302,9865,364
90,0663,0475,486
92,6323,1105,613
95,3373,1745,744
98,1143,2405,879
100,8583,3076,019
103,6543,3756,163
106,4663,4446,312
109,2673,5126,461
112,1003,5826,611
114,9643,6516,761
117,9243,6966,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.