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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	2,348	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	2,403	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	2,457	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	2,510	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	2,562	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	2,613	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,663	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,713	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,764	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,816	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,871	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,928	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,986	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	3,047	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	3,110	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	3,174	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	3,240	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	3,307	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	3,375	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	3,444	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	3,512	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	3,582	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	3,651	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	3,696	5,458

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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