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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Oman	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	3,696	46,498

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, Côte d’Ivoire, Oman, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.