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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	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	11,075	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	11,405	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	11,828	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	12,380	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	12,829	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	13,178	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	13,540	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	13,917	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	14,309	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	14,722	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	15,152	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	15,600	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	16,064	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	16,563	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	17,072	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	17,575	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	18,094	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	18,621	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	19,157	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	19,698	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	20,242	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	20,788	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	21,336	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	21,889	3,696	108,171

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 Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.