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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 LuxembourgMoldovaOmanQatar
4334,2442,348627
4384,1992,403659
4434,1542,457691
4484,1082,510724
4544,0592,562757
4604,0132,613850
4673,9662,6631,001
4743,9192,7131,153
4823,8732,7641,306
4913,8292,8161,460
5003,7882,8711,615
5093,7482,9281,770
5213,7092,9861,904
5333,6713,0472,010
5473,6333,1102,103
5603,5953,1742,187
5713,5583,2402,261
5863,5223,3072,326
5993,4853,3752,384
6103,4483,4442,435
6233,4123,5122,480
6333,3763,5822,519
6433,3393,6512,553
6513,5703,6962,559

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 Luxembourg, Moldova, Oman, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.