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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	Russia	Oman	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	273	147,218	2,348	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	274	146,600	2,403	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	275	145,980	2,457	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	276	145,310	2,510	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	144,652	2,562	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	279	144,071	2,613	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,522	2,663	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	281	143,053	2,713	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	282	142,809	2,764	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	283	142,746	2,816	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	285	142,789	2,871	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	286	142,853	2,928	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	142,964	2,986	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	288	143,205	3,047	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	289	143,510	3,110	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	290	146,094	3,174	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	291	146,410	3,240	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	291	146,678	3,307	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	292	146,846	3,375	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	293	146,834	3,444	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	294	146,768	3,512	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	294	146,463	3,582	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	295	145,849	3,651	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	295	146,693	3,696	11,349

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.