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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Oman	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	273	2,348	78
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	274	2,403	79
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	275	2,457	80
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	276	2,510	81
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	278	2,562	82
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	279	2,613	83
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	280	2,663	84
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	281	2,713	85
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	282	2,764	86
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	283	2,816	87
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	285	2,871	87
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	286	2,928	88
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	287	2,986	89
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	288	3,047	90
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	289	3,110	91
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	290	3,174	92
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	291	3,240	92
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	291	3,307	93
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	292	3,375	94
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	293	3,444	95
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	294	3,512	96
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	294	3,582	97
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	295	3,651	98
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	295	3,696	98

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados, Oman, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.