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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	Benin	Oman	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	2,348	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	2,403	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	2,457	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	2,510	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	2,562	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	2,613	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,663	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,713	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,764	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,816	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,871	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,928	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,986	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,047	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,110	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,174	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,240	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,307	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,375	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,444	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,512	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,582	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,651	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,696	2,739

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 Benin, Oman, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.