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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	Madagascar	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	3,696	39,252

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