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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	Afghanistan	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	3,696

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