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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	Mali	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	10,596	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	10,833	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	10,890	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	11,007	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	11,307	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	11,579	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	11,804	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	12,043	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	12,337	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	12,657	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	12,986	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	13,325	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	13,679	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	14,040	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	14,412	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	14,803	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	15,210	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	15,629	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	16,060	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	16,507	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	16,967	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	17,442	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	17,930	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	18,494	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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman, Mali, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.