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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	Mali	Oman	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,348	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,403	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,457	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,510	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,562	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,613	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,663	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,713	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,764	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,816	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,871	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,928	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,986	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,047	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,110	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,174	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,240	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,307	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,375	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,444	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,512	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,582	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,651	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,696	6,291	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 Mali, Oman, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.