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	Ethiopia	Oman	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	2,348	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	2,403	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	2,457	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	2,510	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	2,562	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	2,613	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	2,663	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	2,713	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	2,764	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	2,816	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	2,871	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	2,928	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	2,986	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	3,047	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	3,110	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	3,174	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	3,240	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	3,307	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	3,375	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	3,444	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	3,512	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	3,582	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	3,651	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	3,696	3,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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