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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Angola
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	2,348	11,334
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	2,403	11,676
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	2,457	12,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	2,510	12,443
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	2,562	12,936
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	2,613	13,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	2,663	14,012
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	2,713	14,535
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	2,764	15,084
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	2,816	15,658
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	2,871	16,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	2,928	16,885
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	2,986	17,525
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,047	18,202
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,110	18,908
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,174	19,624
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,240	20,354
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,307	21,098
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,375	21,859
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,444	22,638
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,512	23,437
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,582	24,253
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,651	25,089
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,696	25,878

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Angola; the database as a whole is cited above.