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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	Oman	Argentina	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	36,924	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	37,336	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	37,714	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	38,079	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	38,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	38,800	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	39,171	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	39,556	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	39,947	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	40,343	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	40,736	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	41,401	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	41,881	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	42,360	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	42,836	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	43,310	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	43,779	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	44,245	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	44,706	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	45,162	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	45,613	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	46,058	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	46,496	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	46,736	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

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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