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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	Burkina Faso	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	152	2,348	11,075	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	153	2,403	11,405	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	154	2,457	11,828	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	155	2,510	12,380	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	156	2,562	12,829	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	157	2,613	13,178	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,663	13,540	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,713	13,917	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,764	14,309	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,816	14,722	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,871	15,152	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,928	15,600	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,986	16,064	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,047	16,563	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,110	17,072	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,174	17,575	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,240	18,094	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,307	18,621	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,375	19,157	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,444	19,698	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,512	20,242	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,582	20,788	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,651	21,336	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	167	3,696	21,889	1,330

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, Oman, Burkina Faso, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.