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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	Malta	Oman	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,348	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,403	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,457	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	2,510	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	2,562	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	2,613	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,663	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,713	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,764	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,816	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,871	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,928	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,986	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,047	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,110	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,174	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,240	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,307	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,375	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,444	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,512	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,582	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,651	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,696	3,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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