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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	Cyprus	Afghanistan	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	818	22,206	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	826	22,461	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	835	22,507	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	845	23,600	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	855	25,005	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	867	25,698	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	879	26,335	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	894	27,154	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	913	27,387	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	937	27,706	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	962	28,484	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	988	29,121	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	29,758	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	30,420	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	31,108	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	31,823	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	32,564	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	33,332	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	34,125	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	34,941	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	35,972	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	37,034	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	38,127	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	39,252	3,696

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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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 Cyprus, Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.