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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Oman	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	2,348	422
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	2,403	430
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	2,457	438
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	2,510	447
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	2,562	455
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	2,613	463
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	2,663	471
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	2,713	478
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	2,764	486
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	2,816	494
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	2,871	501
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	2,986	516
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	3,047	524
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	3,110	531
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	3,174	539
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	3,240	546
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	3,307	553
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	3,375	562
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	3,444	568
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	3,512	574
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	3,582	580
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	3,651	585
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	3,696	590

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso, Oman, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.