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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	Burkina Faso	Tunisia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	11,075	9,417
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	11,405	9,514
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	11,828	9,613
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	12,380	9,711
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	12,829	9,810
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	13,178	9,906
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	13,540	9,997
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	13,917	10,087
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	14,309	10,178
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	14,722	10,274
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	15,152	10,377
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	15,600	10,491
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	16,064	10,612
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	16,563	10,737
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	17,072	10,866
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	17,575	10,996
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	18,094	11,124
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	18,621	11,248
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	19,157	11,365
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	19,698	11,477
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	20,242	11,583
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	20,788	11,681
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	21,336	11,772
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	21,889	11,862

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, Burkina Faso, Tunisia; the database as a whole is cited above.