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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 PortugalOmanLibya
10,1442,3484,993
10,2152,4035,116
10,2882,4575,237
10,3442,5105,357
10,3832,5625,476
10,4082,6135,595
10,4272,6635,715
10,4462,7135,835
10,4672,7645,967
10,4822,8166,115
10,4922,8716,270
10,4972,9286,432
10,4812,9866,144
10,4393,0475,849
10,3823,1106,010
10,3263,1746,163
10,2833,2406,291
10,2513,3076,415
10,2263,3756,549
10,2093,4446,689
10,2123,5126,826
10,2233,5826,960
10,2143,6517,088
10,2003,6967,169

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