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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	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	78	2,348	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	79	2,403	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	80	2,457	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	81	2,510	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	82	2,562	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	83	2,613	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,663	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,713	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,764	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,816	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,871	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,928	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,986	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	90	3,047	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	91	3,110	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	92	3,174	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	92	3,240	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	93	3,307	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	94	3,375	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	95	3,444	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	96	3,512	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	97	3,582	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	98	3,651	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	98	3,696	21,889	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, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.