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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	Dominica	Poland	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	38,358	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	38,344	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	38,339	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	38,320	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	38,283	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	38,268	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	38,249	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	38,220	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	38,204	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	38,204	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	38,572	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	38,606	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	38,615	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	38,623	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	38,591	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	38,573	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	38,544	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	38,516	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	38,511	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	38,502	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	38,475	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	38,443	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	38,250	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	37,914	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.

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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

No separate list is published for Dominica, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.