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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	22,132	2,348	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	22,695	2,403	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	23,291	2,457	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	23,874	2,510	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	24,437	2,562	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	24,993	2,613	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	25,543	2,663	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	26,086	2,713	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	26,620	2,764	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	27,161	2,816	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	27,715	2,871	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	28,268	2,928	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	28,750	2,986	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	29,163	3,047	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	29,568	3,110	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	29,977	3,174	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	30,387	3,240	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	30,782	3,307	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	31,164	3,375	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	31,539	3,444	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	31,903	3,512	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	32,257	3,582	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	32,603	3,651	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	32,956	3,696	7,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.