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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	7,432

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