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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	Sudan	Qatar	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	627	152
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	659	153
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	691	154
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	724	155
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	757	156
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	850	157
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	1,001	157
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	1,153	158
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	1,306	159
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	1,460	160
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	1,615	160
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	1,770	161
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	1,904	162
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	2,010	162
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	2,103	163
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	2,187	163
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	2,261	164
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	2,326	164
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	2,384	165
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	2,435	166
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	2,480	166
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	2,519	167
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	2,553	167
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	2,559	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.

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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 Sudan, Qatar, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.