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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	152	11,075	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	153	11,405	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	154	11,828	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	155	12,380	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	156	12,829	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	157	13,178	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	157	13,540	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	158	13,917	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	159	14,309	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	160	14,722	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	160	15,152	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	161	15,600	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	162	16,064	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	162	16,563	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	163	17,072	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	163	17,575	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	164	18,094	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	164	18,621	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,157	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,698	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	166	20,242	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	167	20,788	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	167	21,336	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	167	21,889	3,696	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.