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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 CambodiaOmanAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
12,1222,3483,08551,181
12,3172,4033,06552,782
12,5042,4573,04754,453
12,6912,5103,03856,170
12,8812,5623,02657,860
13,0762,6133,01459,599
13,2762,6632,99861,474
13,4612,7132,97963,479
13,6302,7642,95765,590
13,8082,8162,93467,800
13,9902,8712,91570,114
14,1622,9282,90072,550
14,3222,9862,89275,138
14,4803,0472,88877,792
14,6373,1102,88280,534
14,7933,1742,87683,368
14,9943,2402,86886,229
15,2383,3072,86389,193
15,4803,3752,86192,209
15,7173,4442,85495,232
15,9443,5122,84298,320
16,1493,5822,825101,499
16,3383,6512,799104,767
16,5143,6962,787108,171

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 Cambodia, Oman, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.