Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Guinea	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	7,610	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	7,780	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	7,821	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	7,906	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	8,121	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	8,317	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	8,478	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	8,650	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	8,860	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	9,091	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	9,327	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	9,571	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	9,825	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	10,084	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	10,351	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	10,632	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	10,924	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	11,225	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	11,534	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	11,855	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	12,160	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	12,469	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	12,778	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	13,087	98

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, Guinea, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.