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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 LuxembourgQatarOmanMoldova
4336272,3484,244
4386592,4034,199
4436912,4574,154
4487242,5104,108
4547572,5624,059
4608502,6134,013
4671,0012,6633,966
4741,1532,7133,919
4821,3062,7643,873
4911,4602,8163,829
5001,6152,8713,788
5091,7702,9283,748
5211,9042,9863,709
5332,0103,0473,671
5472,1033,1103,633
5602,1873,1743,595
5712,2613,2403,558
5862,3263,3073,522
5992,3843,3753,485
6102,4353,4443,448
6232,4803,5123,412
6332,5193,5823,376
6432,5533,6513,339
6512,5593,6963,570

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