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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	Mauritania	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,437	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,501	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,566	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,632	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,699	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,768	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,838	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,909	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,981	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,055	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,129	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,205	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,282	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,359	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,438	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,517	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,597	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,677	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,759	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,840	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,942	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,045	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,150	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,259	3,696

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.

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