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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	Central African Republic	Oman	Georgia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	2,348	4,848
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	2,403	4,814
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	2,457	4,789
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	2,510	4,771
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	2,562	4,746
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	2,613	4,739
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	2,663	4,786
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	2,713	4,826
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	2,764	4,820
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	2,816	4,819
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	2,871	4,851
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	2,928	4,898
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	2,986	4,934
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	3,047	4,946
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	3,110	4,938
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	3,174	4,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	3,240	4,927
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	3,307	4,924
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	3,375	4,922
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	3,444	4,922
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	3,512	4,923
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	3,582	4,926
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	3,651	4,929
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	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

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