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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	64,835

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