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