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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	3,696	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.

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