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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	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	818
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	826
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	835
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	845
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	855
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	867
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	879
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	894
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	913
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	937
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	962
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	988
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	1,087

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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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, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.