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	Luxembourg	Oman	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	31,058	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, Oman, Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.