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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	Qatar	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	627	623
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	659	623
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	691	623
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	724	622
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	757	621
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	850	621
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	1,001	621
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	1,153	620
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	1,306	620
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	1,460	621
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	1,615	622
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	1,770	623
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	1,904	622
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	2,010	622
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	2,103	622
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	2,187	621
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	2,261	620
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	2,326	618
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	2,384	616
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	2,435	614
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	2,480	613
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	2,519	612
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	2,553	611
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	2,559	610

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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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