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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	818	51,181	11,075	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	826	52,782	11,405	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	835	54,453	11,828	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	845	56,170	12,380	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	855	57,860	12,829	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	867	59,599	13,178	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	879	61,474	13,540	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	894	63,479	13,917	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	913	65,590	14,309	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	937	67,800	14,722	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	962	70,114	15,152	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	988	72,550	15,600	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	75,138	16,064	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	77,792	16,563	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	80,534	17,072	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	83,368	17,575	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	86,229	18,094	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	89,193	18,621	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	92,209	19,157	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	95,232	19,698	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	98,320	20,242	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	101,499	20,788	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	104,767	21,336	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	108,171	21,889	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.

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 Cyprus, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.