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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 PortugalOmanHaiti
10,1442,3488,121
10,2152,4038,279
10,2882,4578,430
10,3442,5108,580
10,3832,5628,739
10,4082,6138,900
10,4272,6639,061
10,4462,7139,216
10,4672,7649,364
10,4822,8169,508
10,4922,8719,652
10,4972,9289,553
10,4812,9869,670
10,4393,0479,793
10,3823,1109,922
10,3263,17410,047
10,2833,24010,254
10,2513,30710,486
10,2263,37510,647
10,2093,44410,788
10,2123,51210,933
10,2233,58211,077
10,2143,65111,215
10,2003,69611,349

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

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, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.