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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	Tunisia	Oman	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	2,348	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	2,403	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	2,457	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	2,510	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	2,562	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	2,613	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	2,663	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	2,713	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	2,764	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	2,816	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	2,871	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	2,928	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	2,986	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	3,047	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	3,110	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	3,174	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	3,240	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	3,307	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	3,375	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	3,444	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	3,512	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	3,582	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	3,651	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	3,696	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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