Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Cameroon	Oman	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	2,348	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	2,403	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	2,457	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	2,510	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	2,562	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	2,613	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,663	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,713	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,764	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,816	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,871	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,928	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,986	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	3,047	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	3,110	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	3,174	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	3,240	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	3,307	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	3,375	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	3,444	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	3,512	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	3,582	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	3,651	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	3,696	2,787	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 Cameroon, Oman, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.