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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	Oman	Albania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	3,085	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	3,065	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	3,047	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	3,038	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	3,026	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	3,014	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	2,998	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	2,979	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	2,957	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	2,934	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	2,915	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	2,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	2,892	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	2,888	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	2,882	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	2,876	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	2,868	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	2,863	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	2,861	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	2,854	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	2,842	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	2,825	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	2,799	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	2,787	651

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