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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	28,237

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