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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	Chile	Oman	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	2,348	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	2,403	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	2,457	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	2,510	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	2,562	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	2,613	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	2,663	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	2,713	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	2,764	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	2,816	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	2,871	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	2,928	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	2,986	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	3,047	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	3,110	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	3,174	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	3,240	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	3,307	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	3,375	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	3,444	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	3,512	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	3,582	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	3,651	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	3,696	885

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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