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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	Yemen	Oman	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	2,348	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	2,403	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	2,457	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	2,510	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	2,562	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	2,613	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	2,663	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	2,713	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	2,764	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	2,816	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	2,871	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	2,928	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	2,986	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	3,047	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	3,110	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	3,174	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	3,240	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	3,307	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	3,375	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	3,444	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	3,512	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	3,582	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	3,651	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	3,696	2,292

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, Yemen, Oman, Gabon; the database as a whole is cited above.