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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	South Africa	Oman	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	2,348	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	2,403	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	2,457	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	2,510	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	2,562	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	2,613	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	2,663	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	2,713	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	2,764	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	2,816	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	2,871	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	2,928	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	2,986	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	3,047	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	3,110	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	3,174	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	3,240	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	3,307	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	3,375	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	3,444	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	3,512	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	3,582	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	3,651	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	3,696	2,748

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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