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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	Malaysia	Oman	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	22,132	2,348	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	22,695	2,403	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	23,291	2,457	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	23,874	2,510	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	24,437	2,562	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	24,993	2,613	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	25,543	2,663	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	26,086	2,713	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	26,620	2,764	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	27,161	2,816	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	27,715	2,871	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	28,268	2,928	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	28,750	2,986	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	29,163	3,047	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	29,568	3,110	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	29,977	3,174	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	30,387	3,240	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	30,782	3,307	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	31,164	3,375	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	31,539	3,444	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	31,903	3,512	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	32,257	3,582	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	32,603	3,651	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	32,956	3,696	6,291

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

No separate list is published for Oman, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.