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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 PortugalOmanAlbaniaBarbados
10,1442,3483,085273
10,2152,4033,065274
10,2882,4573,047275
10,3442,5103,038276
10,3832,5623,026278
10,4082,6133,014279
10,4272,6632,998280
10,4462,7132,979281
10,4672,7642,957282
10,4822,8162,934283
10,4922,8712,915285
10,4972,9282,900286
10,4812,9862,892287
10,4393,0472,888288
10,3823,1102,882289
10,3263,1742,876290
10,2833,2402,868291
10,2513,3072,863291
10,2263,3752,861292
10,2093,4442,854293
10,2123,5122,842294
10,2233,5822,825294
10,2143,6512,799295
10,2003,6962,787295

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

Portugal

  • 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
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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