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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 TunisiaOmanCongo - KinshasaSeychelles
9,4172,34851,18178
9,5142,40352,78279
9,6132,45754,45380
9,7112,51056,17081
9,8102,56257,86082
9,9062,61359,59983
9,9972,66361,47484
10,0872,71363,47985
10,1782,76465,59086
10,2742,81667,80087
10,3772,87170,11487
10,4912,92872,55088
10,6122,98675,13889
10,7373,04777,79290
10,8663,11080,53491
10,9963,17483,36892
11,1243,24086,22992
11,2483,30789,19393
11,3653,37592,20994
11,4773,44495,23295
11,5833,51298,32096
11,6813,582101,49997
11,7723,651104,76798
11,8623,696108,17198

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 Tunisia, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.