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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	152	51,181	2,348	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	153	52,782	2,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	154	54,453	2,457	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	155	56,170	2,510	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	156	57,860	2,562	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	157	59,599	2,613	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	157	61,474	2,663	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	158	63,479	2,713	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	159	65,590	2,764	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	160	67,800	2,816	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	160	70,114	2,871	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	161	72,550	2,928	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	162	75,138	2,986	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	162	77,792	3,047	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	163	80,534	3,110	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	163	83,368	3,174	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	164	86,229	3,240	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	164	89,193	3,307	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	165	92,209	3,375	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	166	95,232	3,444	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	166	98,320	3,512	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	167	101,499	3,582	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	167	104,767	3,651	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	167	108,171	3,696	21,889

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.