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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	Bangladesh	Oman	Georgia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	4,848
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	4,814
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	4,789
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	4,771
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	4,746
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	4,739
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	4,786
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	4,826
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	4,820
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	4,819
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	4,851
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	4,898
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	4,934
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	4,946
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	4,938
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	4,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	4,927
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	4,924
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	4,922
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	4,922
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	4,923
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	4,926
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	4,929
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	4,911

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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