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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	Sudan	Oman	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	18,348

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, Sudan, Oman, Guatemala; the database as a whole is cited above.