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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	Colombia	Oman	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	38,365	2,348	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	38,911	2,403	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	39,411	2,457	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	39,918	2,510	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	40,416	2,562	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	40,899	2,613	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	41,374	2,663	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	41,862	2,713	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	42,324	2,764	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,781	2,816	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,264	2,871	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	43,771	2,928	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	44,225	2,986	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,660	3,047	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,081	3,110	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	45,846	3,174	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,290	3,240	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,796	3,307	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	47,385	3,375	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	48,222	3,444	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	49,326	3,512	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	50,283	3,582	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	50,978	3,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,332	3,696	167

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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