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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	117,924

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