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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	2,348	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	2,403	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	2,457	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	2,510	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	2,562	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	2,613	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	2,663	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	2,713	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	2,764	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	2,816	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	2,871	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	2,928	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	2,986	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	3,047	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	3,110	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	3,174	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	3,240	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	3,307	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	3,375	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	3,444	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	3,512	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	3,582	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	3,651	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	3,696	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.