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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	Madagascar	Burkina Faso	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	11,075	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	11,405	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	11,828	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	12,380	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	12,829	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	13,178	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	13,540	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	13,917	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	14,309	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	14,722	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	15,152	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	15,600	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	16,064	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	16,563	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	17,072	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	17,575	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	18,094	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	18,621	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	19,157	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	19,698	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	20,242	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	20,788	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	21,336	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	21,889	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 Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.