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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	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	2,348	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	2,403	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	2,457	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	2,510	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	2,562	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	2,613	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	2,663	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	2,713	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	2,764	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	2,816	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	2,871	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	2,928	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	2,986	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	3,047	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	3,110	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	3,174	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	3,240	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	3,307	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	3,375	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	3,444	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	3,512	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	3,582	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	3,651	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	3,696	3,790

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

Croatia

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

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