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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,348	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,403	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,457	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,510	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,562	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	72	2,613	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,663	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,713	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,764	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,816	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,871	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,928	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,986	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,047	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,110	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,174	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,240	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,307	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,375	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,444	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,512	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,582	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,651	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,696	21,889	7,387

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, Oman, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.