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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	Comoros	Oman	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	531	2,348	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	545	2,403	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	559	2,457	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	574	2,510	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	590	2,562	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	606	2,613	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	623	2,663	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	640	2,713	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	657	2,764	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	674	2,816	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	690	2,871	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	706	2,928	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	722	2,986	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	737	3,047	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	752	3,110	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	767	3,174	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	781	3,240	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	795	3,307	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	808	3,375	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	821	3,444	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	837	3,512	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	853	3,582	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	869	3,651	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	885	3,696	2,787

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, Comoros, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.