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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	152	2,348	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	153	2,403	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	154	2,457	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	155	2,510	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	156	2,562	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	157	2,613	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,663	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,713	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,764	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,816	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,871	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,928	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,986	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,047	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,110	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,174	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,240	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,307	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,375	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,444	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,512	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,582	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,651	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	167	3,696	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.