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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	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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