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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 SeychellesCongo - KinshasaOmanAlbania
7851,1812,3483,085
7952,7822,4033,065
8054,4532,4573,047
8156,1702,5103,038
8257,8602,5623,026
8359,5992,6133,014
8461,4742,6632,998
8563,4792,7132,979
8665,5902,7642,957
8767,8002,8162,934
8770,1142,8712,915
8872,5502,9282,900
8975,1382,9862,892
9077,7923,0472,888
9180,5343,1102,882
9283,3683,1742,876
9286,2293,2402,868
9389,1933,3072,863
9492,2093,3752,861
9595,2323,4442,854
9698,3203,5122,842
97101,4993,5822,825
98104,7673,6512,799
98108,1713,6962,787

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

No separate list is published for Seychelles, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.