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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	Liberia	Oman	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	2,348	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	2,403	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	2,457	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	2,510	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	2,562	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	2,613	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	2,663	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	2,713	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	2,764	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	2,816	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	2,871	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	2,928	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	2,986	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	3,047	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	3,110	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	3,174	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	3,240	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	3,307	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	3,375	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	3,444	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	3,512	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	3,582	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	3,651	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	3,696	16,514

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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