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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	2,348	152
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	2,403	153
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	2,457	154
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	2,510	155
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	2,562	156
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	2,613	157
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	2,663	157
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	2,713	158
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	2,764	159
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	2,816	160
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	2,871	160
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	2,928	161
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	2,986	162
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	3,047	162
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	3,110	163
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	3,174	163
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	3,240	164
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	3,307	164
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	3,375	165
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	3,444	166
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	3,512	166
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	3,582	167
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	3,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	3,696	167

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.