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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	Russia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	147,218	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	146,600	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	145,980	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	145,310	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	144,652	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	144,071	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	143,522	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	143,053	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	142,809	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	142,746	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	142,789	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	142,853	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	142,964	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	143,205	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	143,510	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	146,094	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	146,410	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	146,678	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	146,846	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	146,834	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	146,768	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	146,463	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	145,849	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	146,693	220

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.