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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 SenegalOmanAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
10,0702,3483,08551,181
10,3052,4033,06552,782
10,5762,4573,04754,453
10,8642,5103,03856,170
11,1722,5623,02657,860
11,4982,6133,01459,599
11,8392,6632,99861,474
12,2042,7132,97963,479
12,5842,7642,95765,590
12,9782,8162,93467,800
13,3822,8712,91570,114
13,7942,9282,90072,550
14,2262,9862,89275,138
14,6683,0472,88877,792
15,1213,1102,88280,534
15,5893,1742,87683,368
16,0663,2402,86886,229
16,5493,3072,86389,193
17,0443,3752,86192,209
17,5353,4442,85495,232
18,0213,5122,84298,320
18,5183,5822,825101,499
19,0163,6512,799104,767
19,5123,6962,787108,171

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 Senegal, Oman, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.