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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 St. LuciaOmanBarbadosCongo - Kinshasa
1522,34827351,181
1532,40327452,782
1542,45727554,453
1552,51027656,170
1562,56227857,860
1572,61327959,599
1572,66328061,474
1582,71328163,479
1592,76428265,590
1602,81628367,800
1602,87128570,114
1612,92828672,550
1622,98628775,138
1623,04728877,792
1633,11028980,534
1633,17429083,368
1643,24029186,229
1643,30729189,193
1653,37529292,209
1663,44429395,232
1663,51229498,320
1673,582294101,499
1673,651295104,767
1673,696295108,171

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.

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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 St. Lucia, Oman, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.