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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 & PríncipeParaguayAlbaniaOman
1385,3663,0852,348
1415,4733,0652,403
1445,5793,0472,457
1475,6833,0382,510
1515,7863,0262,562
1545,8863,0142,613
1585,9842,9982,663
1616,0802,9792,713
1656,1732,9572,764
1686,2642,9342,816
1726,3522,9152,871
1766,4382,9002,928
1806,5222,8922,986
1836,6052,8883,047
1876,6882,8823,110
1906,7692,8763,174
1946,8502,8683,240
1986,9302,8633,307
2017,0122,8613,375
2047,0952,8543,444
2087,1792,8423,512
2127,2632,8253,582
2167,3482,7993,651
2207,4322,7873,696

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, Paraguay, Albania, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.