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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Oman	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	2,348	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	2,403	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	2,457	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	2,510	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	2,562	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	2,613	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	2,663	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	2,713	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	2,764	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	2,816	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	2,871	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	2,928	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	2,986	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	3,047	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	3,110	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	3,174	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	3,240	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	3,307	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	3,375	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	3,444	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	3,512	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	3,582	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	3,651	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	3,696	2,124

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.