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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	Russia	Burkina Faso	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	147,218	11,075	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	146,600	11,405	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	145,980	11,828	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	145,310	12,380	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	144,652	12,829	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	144,071	13,178	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	143,522	13,540	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	143,053	13,917	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	142,809	14,309	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	142,746	14,722	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	142,789	15,152	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	142,853	15,600	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	142,964	16,064	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	143,205	16,563	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	143,510	17,072	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	146,094	17,575	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	146,410	18,094	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	146,678	18,621	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	146,846	19,157	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	146,834	19,698	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	146,768	20,242	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	146,463	20,788	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	145,849	21,336	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.