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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	Seychelles	Oman	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	2,348	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	2,403	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	2,457	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	2,510	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	2,562	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	2,613	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	2,663	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	2,713	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	2,764	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	2,816	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	2,871	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	2,986	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	3,047	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	3,110	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	3,174	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	3,240	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	3,307	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	3,375	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	3,444	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	3,512	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	3,582	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	3,651	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	3,696	9,188

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

Israel

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

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