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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	Barbados	United Arab Emirates	Oman	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,101	2,348	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,284	2,403	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,458	2,457	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,613	2,510	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,754	2,562	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,882	2,613	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,000	2,663	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,532	2,713	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,623	2,764	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,277	2,816	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,164	2,871	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,152	2,928	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	2,986	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,747	3,047	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,077	3,110	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,321	3,174	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,461	3,240	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,587	3,307	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,699	3,375	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,796	3,444	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,879	3,512	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,953	3,582	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,018	3,651	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,099	3,696	31,845

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 Barbados, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.