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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 LuxembourgSudanOmanCongo - Kinshasa
43326,1682,34851,181
43826,7712,40352,782
44327,3872,45754,453
44828,0172,51056,170
45428,6622,56257,860
46029,3212,61359,599
46729,9962,66361,474
47430,6862,71363,479
48231,3932,76465,590
49132,1372,81667,800
50033,0782,87170,114
50933,8912,92872,550
52134,5682,98675,138
53335,2933,04777,792
54736,0933,11080,534
56037,0583,17483,368
57138,1653,24086,229
58639,2943,30789,193
59940,5123,37592,209
61041,7643,44495,232
62342,9523,51298,320
63344,1213,582101,499
64345,2903,651104,767
65146,4983,696108,171

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