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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	Puerto Rico	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	3,800	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	3,811	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	3,819	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	3,824	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	3,826	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	3,827	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	3,822	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	3,805	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	3,783	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	3,761	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	3,741	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	3,722	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	3,679	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	3,636	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	3,589	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	3,534	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	3,473	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	3,411	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	3,352	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	3,295	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	3,268	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	3,247	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	3,232	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	3,228	937

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, Puerto Rico, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.