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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Burkina Faso	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	11,075	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	11,405	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	11,828	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	12,380	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	12,829	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	13,178	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	13,540	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	13,917	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	14,309	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	14,722	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	15,152	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	15,600	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	16,064	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	16,563	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	17,072	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	17,575	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	18,094	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	18,621	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	19,157	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	19,698	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	20,242	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	20,788	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	21,336	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	21,889	5,185

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.