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