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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	Puerto Rico	Oman	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	2,348	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	2,403	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	2,457	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	2,510	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	2,562	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	2,613	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	2,663	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	2,713	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	2,764	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	2,816	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	2,871	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	2,928	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	2,986	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	3,047	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	3,110	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	3,174	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	3,240	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	3,307	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	3,375	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	3,444	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	3,512	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	3,582	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	3,651	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	3,696	24,587

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, Puerto Rico, Oman, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.