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