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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Oman	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	2,348	138
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	2,403	141
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	2,457	144
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	2,510	147
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	2,562	151
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	2,613	154
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	2,663	158
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	2,713	161
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	2,764	165
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	2,816	168
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	2,871	172
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	2,928	176
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	2,986	180
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	3,047	183
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	3,110	187
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	3,174	190
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	3,240	194
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	3,307	198
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	3,375	201
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	3,444	204
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	3,512	208
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	3,582	212
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	3,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	3,696	220

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso, Oman, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.