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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	Venezuela	Oman	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	2,348	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	2,403	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	2,457	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	2,510	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	2,562	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	2,613	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	2,663	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	2,713	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	2,764	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	2,816	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	2,871	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	2,928	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	3,047	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	3,110	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	3,174	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	3,240	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	3,307	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	3,375	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	3,444	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	3,512	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	3,582	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	3,651	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	3,696	10,099

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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.