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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	5,750

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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