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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 & PríncipeOmanAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
1382,3483,08551,181
1412,4033,06552,782
1442,4573,04754,453
1472,5103,03856,170
1512,5623,02657,860
1542,6133,01459,599
1582,6632,99861,474
1612,7132,97963,479
1652,7642,95765,590
1682,8162,93467,800
1722,8712,91570,114
1762,9282,90072,550
1802,9862,89275,138
1833,0472,88877,792
1873,1102,88280,534
1903,1742,87683,368
1943,2402,86886,229
1983,3072,86389,193
2013,3752,86192,209
2043,4442,85495,232
2083,5122,84298,320
2123,5822,825101,499
2163,6512,799104,767
2203,6962,787108,171

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.

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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

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