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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	Seychelles	Oman	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	78	2,348	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	79	2,403	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	80	2,457	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	81	2,510	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	82	2,562	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	83	2,613	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,663	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,713	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,764	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,816	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,871	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,928	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,986	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	90	3,047	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	91	3,110	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	92	3,174	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	92	3,240	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	93	3,307	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	94	3,375	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	95	3,444	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	96	3,512	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	97	3,582	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	98	3,651	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	98	3,696	2,787	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 Seychelles, Oman, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.