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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	Lithuania	Oman	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,419	2,348	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,395	2,403	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,367	2,457	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,340	2,510	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,313	2,562	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,276	2,613	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,223	2,663	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,172	2,713	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,134	2,764	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,102	2,816	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,068	2,871	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,004	2,928	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,937	2,986	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,898	3,047	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,869	3,110	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,844	3,174	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,818	3,240	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,782	3,307	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,744	3,375	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,718	3,444	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,710	3,512	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,711	3,582	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,724	3,651	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,748	3,696	117,924

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, Lithuania, Oman, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.