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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	Slovakia
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	5,360
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	5,365
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	5,344
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	5,343
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	5,343
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	5,346
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	5,351
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	5,355
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	5,361
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	5,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	5,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	5,394
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	5,362
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	5,370
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	5,377
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	5,382
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	5,386
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	5,395
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	5,402
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	5,410
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	5,417
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	5,424
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	5,404
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	5,464

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