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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	Portugal	Oman	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	2,348	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	2,403	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	2,457	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	2,510	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	2,562	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	2,613	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	2,663	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	2,713	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	2,764	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	2,816	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	2,871	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	2,928	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	2,986	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	3,047	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	3,110	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	3,174	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	3,240	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	3,307	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	3,375	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	3,444	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	3,512	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	3,582	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	3,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	3,696	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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