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	Estonia	Oman	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	2,348	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	2,403	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	2,457	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	2,510	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	2,562	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	2,613	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	2,663	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	2,713	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	2,764	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	2,816	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	2,871	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	2,928	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	2,986	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	3,047	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	3,110	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	3,174	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	3,240	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	3,307	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	3,375	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	3,444	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	3,512	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	3,582	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	3,651	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	3,696	937

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