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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,348	11,075	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,403	11,405	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,457	11,828	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,510	12,380	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,562	12,829	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	72	2,613	13,178	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,663	13,540	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,713	13,917	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,764	14,309	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,816	14,722	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,871	15,152	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,928	15,600	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,986	16,064	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,047	16,563	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,110	17,072	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,174	17,575	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,240	18,094	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,307	18,621	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,375	19,157	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,444	19,698	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,512	20,242	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,582	20,788	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,651	21,336	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,696	21,889	6,910

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, Oman, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.