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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	Albania	Oman	Uruguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	2,348	3,234
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	2,403	3,246
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	2,457	3,257
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	2,510	3,268
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	2,562	3,277
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	2,613	3,285
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	2,663	3,291
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	2,713	3,298
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	2,764	3,305
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	2,816	3,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	2,871	3,321
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	2,928	3,329
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	2,986	3,337
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	3,047	3,345
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	3,110	3,353
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	3,174	3,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	3,240	3,371
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	3,307	3,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	3,375	3,390
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	3,444	3,399
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	3,512	3,408
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	3,582	3,417
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	3,651	3,426
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	3,696	3,422

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

Uruguay

1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.