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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	Barbados	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	273	531
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	274	545
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	275	559
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	276	574
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	278	590
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	279	606
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	280	623
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	281	640
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	282	657
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	283	674
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	285	690
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	286	706
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	287	722
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	288	737
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	289	752
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	290	767
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	291	781
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	291	795
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	292	808
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	293	821
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	294	837
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	294	853
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	295	869
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	295	885

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