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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	152	2,348	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	153	2,403	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	154	2,457	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	155	2,510	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	156	2,562	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	157	2,613	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,663	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,713	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,764	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,816	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,871	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,928	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,986	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,047	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,110	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,174	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,240	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,307	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,375	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,444	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,512	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,582	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,651	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	167	3,696	13,439

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