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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Oman	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	46,498	295

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 Afghanistan, Oman, Sudan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.