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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	Luxembourg	Burkina Faso	Oman	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	433	11,075	2,348	152
Dec 31, 2000	438	11,405	2,403	153
Dec 31, 2001	443	11,828	2,457	154
Dec 31, 2002	448	12,380	2,510	155
Dec 31, 2003	454	12,829	2,562	156
Dec 31, 2004	460	13,178	2,613	157
Dec 31, 2005	467	13,540	2,663	157
Dec 31, 2006	474	13,917	2,713	158
Dec 31, 2007	482	14,309	2,764	159
Dec 31, 2008	491	14,722	2,816	160
Dec 31, 2009	500	15,152	2,871	160
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	2,928	161
Dec 31, 2011	521	16,064	2,986	162
Dec 31, 2012	533	16,563	3,047	162
Dec 31, 2013	547	17,072	3,110	163
Dec 31, 2014	560	17,575	3,174	163
Dec 31, 2015	571	18,094	3,240	164
Dec 31, 2016	586	18,621	3,307	164
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,157	3,375	165
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,698	3,444	166
Dec 31, 2019	623	20,242	3,512	166
Dec 31, 2020	633	20,788	3,582	167
Dec 31, 2021	643	21,336	3,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	651	21,889	3,696	167

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 Luxembourg, Burkina Faso, Oman, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.