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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	2,348	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	2,403	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	2,457	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	2,510	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	2,562	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	2,613	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	2,663	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	2,713	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	2,764	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	2,816	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	2,871	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	2,928	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	2,986	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	3,047	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	3,110	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	3,174	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	3,240	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	3,307	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	3,375	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	3,444	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	3,512	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	3,582	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	3,651	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	3,696	13,439

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