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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	Djibouti	Oman	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	646	2,348	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	669	2,403	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	693	2,457	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	716	2,510	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	691	2,562	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	657	2,613	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	666	2,663	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	679	2,713	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	694	2,764	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	709	2,816	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	725	2,871	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	741	2,928	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	757	2,986	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	774	3,047	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	792	3,110	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	810	3,174	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	828	3,240	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	847	3,307	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	865	3,375	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	884	3,444	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	898	3,512	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	912	3,582	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	924	3,651	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	937	3,696	31,058

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