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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	141,497	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	145,759	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	150,448	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	154,585	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	158,209	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	161,556	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	165,075	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	168,846	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	172,882	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	176,809	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	180,690	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	184,989	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	189,314	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	193,569	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	197,994	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	202,387	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	206,716	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	210,929	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	215,276	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	219,927	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	224,604	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	229,276	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	233,942	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	238,413	3,696	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.