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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	2,348	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	2,403	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	2,457	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	2,510	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	2,562	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	2,613	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	2,663	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	2,713	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	2,764	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	2,816	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	2,871	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	2,928	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	2,986	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,047	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,110	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,174	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,240	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,307	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,375	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,444	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,512	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,582	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,651	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,696	238,413

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, Pakistan; the database as a whole is cited above.