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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	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	2,348	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	2,403	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	2,457	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	2,510	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	2,562	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	2,613	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	2,663	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	2,713	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	2,764	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	2,816	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	2,871	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	2,928	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	2,986	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	3,047	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	3,110	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	3,174	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	3,240	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	3,307	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	3,375	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	3,444	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	3,512	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	3,582	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	3,651	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	3,696	48,065

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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