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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	Cambodia	Oman	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	2,348	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	2,403	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	2,457	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	2,510	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	2,562	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	2,613	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	2,663	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	2,713	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	2,764	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	2,816	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	2,871	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	2,928	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	2,986	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	3,047	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	3,110	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	3,174	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	3,240	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	3,307	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	3,375	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	3,444	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	3,512	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	3,582	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	3,651	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	3,696	7,666	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 Cambodia, Oman, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.