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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	Ecuador	Oman	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,268	2,348	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,446	2,403	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,629	2,457	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,827	2,510	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	13,074	2,562	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,368	2,613	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,661	2,663	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,915	2,713	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,133	2,764	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,352	2,816	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	285	14,569	2,871	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,786	2,928	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	287	15,002	2,986	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	288	15,218	3,047	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,433	3,110	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,647	3,174	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,860	3,240	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,072	3,307	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,282	3,375	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,489	3,444	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,693	3,512	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,894	3,582	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,093	3,651	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,288	3,696	223,735

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

Nigeria

1885-1950: 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.