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