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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	Serbia	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	7,611	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	7,587	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	7,574	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	7,570	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	7,551	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	7,533	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	7,510	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	7,481	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	7,451	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	7,419	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	7,389	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	7,360	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	7,304	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	7,269	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	7,234	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	7,199	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	7,162	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	7,124	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	7,087	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	7,048	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	7,010	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	6,964	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	6,898	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	6,833	651

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

Serbia

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

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