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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	22,132	2,348	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	22,695	2,403	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	23,291	2,457	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	23,874	2,510	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	24,437	2,562	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	24,993	2,613	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	25,543	2,663	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	26,086	2,713	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	26,620	2,764	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	27,161	2,816	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	27,715	2,871	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	28,268	2,928	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	28,750	2,986	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	29,163	3,047	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	29,568	3,110	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	29,977	3,174	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	30,387	3,240	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	30,782	3,307	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	31,164	3,375	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	31,539	3,444	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	31,903	3,512	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	32,257	3,582	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	32,603	3,651	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	32,956	3,696	3,228

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

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.