Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Mali	Oman	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	2,348	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	2,403	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	2,457	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	2,510	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	2,562	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	2,613	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	2,663	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	2,713	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	2,764	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	2,816	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	2,871	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	2,928	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	2,986	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	3,047	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	3,110	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	3,174	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	3,240	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	3,307	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	3,375	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	3,444	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	3,512	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	3,582	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	3,651	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	3,696	98

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, Mali, Oman, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.