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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	Benin	Oman	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	2,348	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	2,403	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	2,457	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	2,510	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	2,562	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	2,613	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,663	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,713	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,764	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,816	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,871	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,928	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,986	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,047	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,110	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,174	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,240	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,307	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,375	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,444	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,512	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,582	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,651	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,696	31,058	295

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