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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	422	2,348	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	430	2,403	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	438	2,457	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	447	2,510	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	455	2,562	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	463	2,613	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,663	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,713	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,764	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,816	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,871	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,986	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,047	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,110	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,174	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,240	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,307	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,375	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,444	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,512	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,582	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,651	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,696	7,169

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.

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