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	Nepal	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	23,087	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	23,487	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	23,887	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	24,273	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	24,645	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	24,989	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	25,255	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	25,484	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	25,732	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	25,998	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	26,298	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	26,664	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	27,081	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	27,505	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	27,917	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	28,311	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	28,678	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	29,034	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	29,384	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	29,718	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	30,057	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	30,595	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	31,311	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	31,845	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, Nepal, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.