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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	Burkina Faso	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,696	39,252

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 Burkina Faso, Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.