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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	Uzbekistan	Oman	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	2,348	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	2,403	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	2,457	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	2,510	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	2,562	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	2,613	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	2,663	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	2,713	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	2,764	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	2,816	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	2,871	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	2,928	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	2,986	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	3,047	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	3,110	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	3,174	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	3,240	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	3,307	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	3,375	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	3,444	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	3,512	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	3,582	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	3,651	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	3,696	5,907

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, Uzbekistan, Oman, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.