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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	5,750

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.

All data sources

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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