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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	Pakistan	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	141,497	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	145,759	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	150,448	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	154,585	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	158,209	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	161,556	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	165,075	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	168,846	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	172,882	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	176,809	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	180,690	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	184,989	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	189,314	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	193,569	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	197,994	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	202,387	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	206,716	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	210,929	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	215,276	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	219,927	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	224,604	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	229,276	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	233,942	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	238,413	3,696	3,570

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, Pakistan, Oman, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.