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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	Eswatini	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	1,033	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	1,032	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	1,030	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	1,028	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	1,026	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	1,025	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	1,023	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	1,021	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	1,019	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	1,017	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	1,017	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	1,019	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	1,024	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	1,032	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	1,041	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	1,051	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	1,060	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	1,069	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	1,078	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	1,087	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	1,096	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	1,106	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	1,117	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	1,126	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

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