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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 São Tomé & PríncipeCongo - KinshasaOmanEstonia
13851,1812,3481,378
14152,7822,4031,400
14454,4532,4571,391
14756,1702,5101,382
15157,8602,5621,374
15459,5992,6131,365
15861,4742,6631,357
16163,4792,7131,349
16565,5902,7641,341
16867,8002,8161,337
17270,1142,8711,334
17672,5502,9281,332
18075,1382,9861,328
18377,7923,0471,324
18780,5343,1101,319
19083,3683,1741,314
19486,2293,2401,312
19889,1933,3071,314
20192,2093,3751,314
20495,2323,4441,318
20898,3203,5121,323
212101,4993,5821,327
216104,7673,6511,329
220108,1713,6961,330

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.