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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	Oman	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	2,403

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.

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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, Oman, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.