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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	64,835

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