Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Dominica	Oman	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	2,348	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	2,403	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	2,457	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	2,510	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	2,562	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	2,613	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	2,663	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	2,713	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	2,764	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	2,816	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	2,871	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	2,928	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	2,986	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	3,047	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	3,110	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	3,174	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	3,240	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	3,307	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	3,375	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	3,444	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	3,512	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	3,582	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	3,651	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	3,696	3,061

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