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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	6,833

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.