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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.