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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	Denmark	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,348	5,322	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,403	5,339	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,457	5,358	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,510	5,377	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,562	5,391	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,613	5,404	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,663	5,420	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,713	5,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,764	5,461	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,816	5,494	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,871	5,524	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,928	5,548	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,986	5,571	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,047	5,592	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,110	5,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,174	5,644	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,240	5,683	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,307	5,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,375	5,766	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,444	5,795	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,512	5,818	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,582	5,831	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,651	5,855	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,696	5,907	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, Denmark, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.