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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	Mali	Romania	Oman	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	22,414	2,348	152
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	22,262	2,403	153
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	22,106	2,457	154
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	21,931	2,510	155
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	21,828	2,562	156
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	21,704	2,613	157
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	21,571	2,663	157
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	21,443	2,713	158
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	21,129	2,764	159
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	20,779	2,816	160
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	20,607	2,871	160
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	20,485	2,928	161
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	20,385	2,986	162
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	20,296	3,047	162
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	20,224	3,110	163
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	20,151	3,174	163
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	20,055	3,240	164
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	19,938	3,307	164
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,823	3,375	165
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,713	3,444	166
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	19,622	3,512	166
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	19,496	3,582	167
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	19,351	3,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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