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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	Cape Verde	Denmark	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	5,322	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	5,339	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	5,358	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	5,377	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	5,391	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	5,404	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	5,420	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	5,438	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	5,461	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	5,494	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	5,524	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	5,548	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	5,571	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	5,592	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	5,614	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	5,644	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	5,683	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	5,730	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	5,766	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	5,795	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	5,818	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	5,831	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	5,855	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	5,907	3,696

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, Cape Verde, Denmark, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.