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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	531	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	545	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	559	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	574	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	590	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	606	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	623	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	640	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	657	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	674	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	690	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	706	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	722	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	737	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	752	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	767	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	781	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	795	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	808	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	821	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	837	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	853	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	869	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	885	3,696	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.