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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	Luxembourg	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,348	433	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,403	438	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,457	443	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,510	448	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,562	454	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,613	460	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,663	467	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,713	474	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,764	482	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,816	491	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,871	500	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,928	509	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,986	521	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,047	533	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,110	547	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,174	560	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,240	571	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,307	586	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,375	599	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,444	610	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,512	623	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,582	633	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,651	643	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,696	651	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, Luxembourg, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.