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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 MaltaEstoniaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
3871,3782,34851,181
3901,4002,40352,782
3931,3912,45754,453
3961,3822,51056,170
3981,3742,56257,860
4011,3652,61359,599
4041,3572,66361,474
4051,3492,71363,479
4061,3412,76465,590
4091,3372,81667,800
4121,3342,87170,114
4141,3322,92872,550
4161,3282,98675,138
4201,3243,04777,792
4261,3193,11080,534
4351,3143,17483,368
4451,3123,24086,229
4551,3143,30789,193
4681,3143,37592,209
4851,3183,44495,232
5041,3233,51298,320
5161,3273,582101,499
5181,3293,651104,767
5301,3303,696108,171

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.

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