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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	Latvia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	2,386	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	2,363	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	2,333	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	2,306	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	2,284	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	2,259	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	2,235	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	2,215	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	2,197	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	2,174	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	2,138	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	2,093	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	2,055	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	2,030	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	2,009	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	1,991	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	1,974	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	1,956	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	1,938	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	1,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	1,910	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	1,897	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	1,880	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	1,883	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, Latvia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.