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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	422	2,348	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	430	2,403	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	438	2,457	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	447	2,510	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	455	2,562	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	463	2,613	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,663	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,713	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,764	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,816	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,871	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,986	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,047	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,110	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,174	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,240	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,307	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,375	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,444	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,512	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,582	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,651	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,696	31,845

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