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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	Nigeria	Oman	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	2,348	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	2,403	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	2,457	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	2,510	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	2,562	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	2,613	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	2,663	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	2,713	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	2,764	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	2,816	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	2,871	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	2,928	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	2,986	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	3,047	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	3,110	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	3,174	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	3,240	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	3,307	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	3,375	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	3,444	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	3,512	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	3,582	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	3,651	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	3,696	17,288

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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