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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	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	152	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	153	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	154	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	155	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	156	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	157	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	167	3,696	39,252

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.

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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, Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.