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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	152	2,348	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	153	2,403	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	154	2,457	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	155	2,510	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	156	2,562	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	157	2,613	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,663	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,713	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,764	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,816	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,871	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,928	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,986	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,047	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,110	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,174	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,240	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,307	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,375	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,444	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,512	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,582	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,651	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	167	3,696	7,169

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