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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	3,333

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