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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	Paraguay	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	5,366	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	5,473	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	5,579	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	5,683	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	5,786	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	5,886	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	5,984	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	6,080	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	6,173	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	6,264	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	6,352	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	6,438	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	6,522	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	6,605	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	6,688	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	6,769	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	6,850	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	6,930	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	7,012	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	7,095	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	7,179	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	7,263	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	7,348	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	7,432	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, Paraguay, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.