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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	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Oman	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	422	11,075	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	430	11,405	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	438	11,828	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	447	12,380	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	455	12,829	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	463	13,178	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	471	13,540	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	478	13,917	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	486	14,309	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	494	14,722	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	501	15,152	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	516	16,064	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	524	16,563	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	531	17,072	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	539	17,575	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	546	18,094	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	553	18,621	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,157	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,698	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	574	20,242	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	580	20,788	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	585	21,336	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	590	21,889	3,696	46,498

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Oman, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.