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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 LuxembourgMoldovaOmanYemen
4334,2442,34816,728
4384,1992,40317,236
4434,1542,45717,762
4484,1082,51018,310
4544,0592,56218,855
4604,0132,61319,410
4673,9662,66320,000
4743,9192,71320,611
4823,8732,76421,236
4913,8292,81621,878
5003,7882,87122,533
5093,7482,92823,195
5213,7092,98623,880
5333,6713,04724,594
5473,6333,11025,311
5603,5953,17426,020
5713,5583,24026,698
5863,5223,30727,347
5993,4853,37527,985
6103,4483,44428,608
6233,4123,51229,216
6333,3763,58229,811
6433,3393,65130,399
6513,5703,69631,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.