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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	Germany	Oman	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	2,348	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	2,403	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	2,457	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	2,510	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	2,562	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	2,613	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,663	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,713	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,764	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,816	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,871	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,928	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,986	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	3,047	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	3,110	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	3,174	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	3,240	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	3,307	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	3,375	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	3,444	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	3,512	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	3,582	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	3,651	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	3,696	55,924

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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