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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	Indonesia	Oman	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	2,348	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	2,403	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	2,457	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	2,510	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	2,562	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	2,613	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	2,663	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	2,713	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	2,764	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	2,816	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	2,871	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	2,928	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	3,047	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	3,110	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	3,174	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	3,240	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	3,307	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	3,375	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	3,444	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	3,512	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	3,582	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	3,651	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	3,696	10,099

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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