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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	Nepal	Oman	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	2,348	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	2,403	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	2,457	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	2,510	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	2,562	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	2,613	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	2,663	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	2,713	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	2,764	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	2,816	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	2,871	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	2,928	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	2,986	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	3,047	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	3,110	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	3,174	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	3,240	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	3,307	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	3,375	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	3,444	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	3,512	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	3,582	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	3,651	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	3,696	2,124

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

Slovenia

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

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