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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	Barbados	St. Lucia	Burkina Faso	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	11,075	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	11,405	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	11,828	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	12,380	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	12,829	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	13,178	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	13,540	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	13,917	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	14,309	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	14,722	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	15,152	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	15,600	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	16,064	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	16,563	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	17,072	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	17,575	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	18,094	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	18,621	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	19,157	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	19,698	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	20,242	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	20,788	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	21,336	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	21,889	3,696

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

No separate list is published for Barbados, St. Lucia, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.