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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 PortugalOmanNepal
10,1442,34823,087
10,2152,40323,487
10,2882,45723,887
10,3442,51024,273
10,3832,56224,645
10,4082,61324,989
10,4272,66325,255
10,4462,71325,484
10,4672,76425,732
10,4822,81625,998
10,4922,87126,298
10,4972,92826,664
10,4812,98627,081
10,4393,04727,505
10,3823,11027,917
10,3263,17428,311
10,2833,24028,678
10,2513,30729,034
10,2263,37529,384
10,2093,44429,718
10,2123,51230,057
10,2233,58230,595
10,2143,65131,311
10,2003,69631,845

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