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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	Sri Lanka	Oman	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	2,348	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	2,403	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	2,457	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	2,510	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	2,562	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	2,613	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	2,663	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	2,713	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	2,764	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	2,816	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	2,871	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	2,928	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	2,986	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	3,047	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	3,110	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	3,174	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	3,240	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	3,307	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	3,375	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	3,444	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	3,512	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	3,582	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	3,651	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	3,696	5,042

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, Sri Lanka, Oman, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.