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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	St. Lucia	Oman	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	2,348	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	2,403	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	2,457	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	2,510	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	2,562	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	2,613	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	2,663	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	2,713	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	2,764	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	2,816	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	2,871	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	2,928	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	2,986	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	3,047	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	3,110	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	3,174	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	3,240	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	3,307	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	3,375	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	3,444	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	3,512	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	3,582	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	3,651	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	3,696	2,048

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

North Macedonia

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

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