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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date NigeriaOmanSwitzerland
121,6492,3487,258
125,0142,4037,296
128,5132,4577,332
132,1652,5107,384
135,9712,5627,438
139,9002,6137,488
143,9142,6637,532
148,0192,7137,579
152,1952,7647,647
156,4342,8167,738
160,7512,8717,825
165,1422,9287,884
169,6072,9867,959
174,1423,0478,044
178,7373,1108,137
183,3623,1748,237
187,9793,2408,332
192,5943,3078,423
197,4173,3758,502
202,4983,4448,565
207,6993,5128,626
213,0213,5828,689
218,4733,6518,756
223,7353,6968,834

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

Nigeria

  • 1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.