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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	Luxembourg	Oman	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	5,185

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 Luxembourg, Oman, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.