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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	Colombia	Oman	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	38,365	2,348	422
Dec 31, 2000	38,911	2,403	430
Dec 31, 2001	39,411	2,457	438
Dec 31, 2002	39,918	2,510	447
Dec 31, 2003	40,416	2,562	455
Dec 31, 2004	40,899	2,613	463
Dec 31, 2005	41,374	2,663	471
Dec 31, 2006	41,862	2,713	478
Dec 31, 2007	42,324	2,764	486
Dec 31, 2008	42,781	2,816	494
Dec 31, 2009	43,264	2,871	501
Dec 31, 2010	43,771	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	44,225	2,986	516
Dec 31, 2012	44,660	3,047	524
Dec 31, 2013	45,081	3,110	531
Dec 31, 2014	45,846	3,174	539
Dec 31, 2015	46,290	3,240	546
Dec 31, 2016	46,796	3,307	553
Dec 31, 2017	47,385	3,375	562
Dec 31, 2018	48,222	3,444	568
Dec 31, 2019	49,326	3,512	574
Dec 31, 2020	50,283	3,582	580
Dec 31, 2021	50,978	3,651	585
Dec 31, 2022	51,332	3,696	590

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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