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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	Nepal	Oman	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	2,348	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	2,403	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	2,457	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	2,510	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	2,562	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	2,613	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	2,663	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	2,713	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	2,764	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	2,816	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	2,871	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	2,928	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	2,986	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	3,047	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	3,110	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	3,174	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	3,240	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	3,307	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	3,375	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	3,444	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	3,512	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	3,582	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	3,651	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	3,696	5,750

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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