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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 LuxembourgParaguayOmanCongo - Kinshasa
4335,3662,34851,181
4385,4732,40352,782
4435,5792,45754,453
4485,6832,51056,170
4545,7862,56257,860
4605,8862,61359,599
4675,9842,66361,474
4746,0802,71363,479
4826,1732,76465,590
4916,2642,81667,800
5006,3522,87170,114
5096,4382,92872,550
5216,5222,98675,138
5336,6053,04777,792
5476,6883,11080,534
5606,7693,17483,368
5716,8503,24086,229
5866,9303,30789,193
5997,0123,37592,209
6107,0953,44495,232
6237,1793,51298,320
6337,2633,582101,499
6437,3483,651104,767
6517,4323,696108,171

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