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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	38,365	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	38,911	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	39,411	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	39,918	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	40,416	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	40,899	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	41,374	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	41,862	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	42,324	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	42,781	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	43,264	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	43,771	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	44,225	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	44,660	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	45,081	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	45,846	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	46,290	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	46,796	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	47,385	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	48,222	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	49,326	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	50,283	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	50,978	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	51,332	3,696	651

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