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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	Cuba	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	3,696	174,217

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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