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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.