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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	Oman	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	2,348	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	2,403	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	2,457	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	2,510	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	2,562	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	2,613	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	2,663	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	2,713	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	2,764	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	2,816	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	2,871	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,928	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	2,986	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	3,047	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	3,110	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	3,174	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	3,240	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	3,307	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	3,375	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	3,444	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	3,512	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	3,582	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	3,651	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	3,696	2,787

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, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.