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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	3,811	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	3,901	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	3,919	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	3,923	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	3,940	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	3,975	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	3,991	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	3,993	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	3,990	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	3,987	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	3,985	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	3,983	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	3,980	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	3,977	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	3,973	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	3,968	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	3,963	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	3,957	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	3,951	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	3,944	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	3,937	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	3,929	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	3,921	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	3,876	885

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