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	Lithuania	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	3,419	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	3,395	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	3,367	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	3,340	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	3,313	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	3,276	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	3,223	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	3,172	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	3,134	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	3,102	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	3,068	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	3,004	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	2,937	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	2,898	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	2,869	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	2,844	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	2,818	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	2,782	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	2,744	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	2,718	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	2,710	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	2,711	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	2,724	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	2,748	76

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, Lithuania, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.