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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	Luxembourg	Central African Republic	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,889	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,980	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	4,054	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	4,128	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	4,215	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	4,289	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	4,363	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	4,449	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	4,544	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	4,641	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	4,742	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	4,845	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	4,950	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	5,057	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	5,167	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	5,278	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	5,392	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	5,507	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	5,625	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	5,745	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	5,874	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	6,025	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	6,154	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	6,291	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

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Central African Republic, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.