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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	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,348	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,403	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,457	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,510	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,562	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,613	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,663	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,713	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,764	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,816	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,871	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,928	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,986	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,047	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,110	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,174	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,240	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,307	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,375	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,444	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,512	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,582	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,651	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,696	1,330	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, Estonia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.