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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	2,348	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	2,403	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	2,457	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	2,510	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	2,562	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	2,613	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	2,663	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	2,713	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	2,764	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	2,816	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	2,871	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	2,928	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	2,986	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	3,047	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	3,110	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	3,174	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	3,240	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	3,307	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	3,375	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	3,444	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	3,512	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	3,582	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	3,651	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	3,696	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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