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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 LuxembourgAlbaniaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
4333,0852,34851,181
4383,0652,40352,782
4433,0472,45754,453
4483,0382,51056,170
4543,0262,56257,860
4603,0142,61359,599
4672,9982,66361,474
4742,9792,71363,479
4822,9572,76465,590
4912,9342,81667,800
5002,9152,87170,114
5092,9002,92872,550
5212,8922,98675,138
5332,8883,04777,792
5472,8823,11080,534
5602,8763,17483,368
5712,8683,24086,229
5862,8633,30789,193
5992,8613,37592,209
6102,8543,44495,232
6232,8423,51298,320
6332,8253,582101,499
6432,7993,651104,767
6512,7873,696108,171

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