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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	Benin	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	6,461	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	6,677	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	6,902	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	7,130	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	7,360	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	7,589	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	7,838	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	8,089	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	8,335	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	8,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	8,884	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	9,179	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	9,486	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	9,805	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	10,135	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	10,480	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	10,842	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	11,220	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	11,613	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	12,018	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	12,370	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	12,725	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	13,081	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	13,439	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Benin, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.