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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	Luxembourg	Oman	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	2,348	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	2,403	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	2,457	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	2,510	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	2,562	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	2,613	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	2,663	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	2,713	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	2,764	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	2,816	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	2,871	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	2,986	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	3,047	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	3,110	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	3,174	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	3,240	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	3,307	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	3,375	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	3,444	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	3,512	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	3,582	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	3,651	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	3,696	6,833

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

Serbia

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

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