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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	Paraguay	Oman	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	2,348	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	2,403	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	2,457	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	2,510	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	2,562	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	2,613	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	2,663	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	2,713	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	2,764	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	2,816	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	2,871	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	2,928	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	2,986	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	3,047	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	3,110	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	3,174	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	3,240	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	3,307	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	3,375	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	3,444	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	3,512	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	3,582	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	3,651	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	3,696	103,574

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, Paraguay, Oman, Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.