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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	St. Lucia	Burkina Faso	Oman	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	152	11,075	2,348	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	153	11,405	2,403	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	154	11,828	2,457	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	155	12,380	2,510	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	156	12,829	2,562	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	157	13,178	2,613	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	157	13,540	2,663	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	158	13,917	2,713	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	159	14,309	2,764	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	160	14,722	2,816	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	160	15,152	2,871	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	161	15,600	2,928	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	162	16,064	2,986	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	162	16,563	3,047	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	163	17,072	3,110	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	163	17,575	3,174	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	164	18,094	3,240	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	164	18,621	3,307	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,157	3,375	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,698	3,444	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	166	20,242	3,512	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	167	20,788	3,582	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	167	21,336	3,651	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	167	21,889	3,696	7,432

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 St. Lucia, Burkina Faso, Oman, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.