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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	Laos	Oman	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	2,348	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	2,403	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	2,457	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	2,510	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	2,562	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	2,613	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	2,663	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	2,713	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	2,764	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	2,816	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	2,871	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	2,928	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	2,986	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	3,047	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	3,110	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	3,174	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	3,240	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	3,307	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	3,375	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	3,444	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	3,512	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	3,582	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	3,651	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	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, Laos, Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.