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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 LuxembourgSudanOmanParaguay
43326,1682,3485,366
43826,7712,4035,473
44327,3872,4575,579
44828,0172,5105,683
45428,6622,5625,786
46029,3212,6135,886
46729,9962,6635,984
47430,6862,7136,080
48231,3932,7646,173
49132,1372,8166,264
50033,0782,8716,352
50933,8912,9286,438
52134,5682,9866,522
53335,2933,0476,605
54736,0933,1106,688
56037,0583,1746,769
57138,1653,2406,850
58639,2943,3076,930
59940,5123,3757,012
61041,7643,4447,095
62342,9523,5127,179
63344,1213,5827,263
64345,2903,6517,348
65146,4983,6967,432

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, Sudan, Oman, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.