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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	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	2,348	623
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	2,403	623
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	2,457	623
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	2,510	622
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	2,562	621
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	2,613	621
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	2,663	621
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	2,713	620
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	2,764	620
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	2,816	621
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	2,871	622
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	2,928	623
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	2,986	622
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	3,047	622
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	3,110	622
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	3,174	621
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	3,240	620
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	3,307	618
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	3,375	616
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	3,444	614
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	3,512	613
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	3,582	612
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	3,651	611
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	3,696	610

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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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