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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	Tunisia	Oman	Laos	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	2,348	5,286	152
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	2,403	5,397	153
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	2,457	5,499	154
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	2,510	5,578	155
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	2,562	5,654	156
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	2,613	5,746	157
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	2,663	5,836	157
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	2,713	5,931	158
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	2,764	6,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	2,816	6,145	160
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	2,871	6,257	160
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	2,928	6,368	161
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	2,986	6,477	162
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	3,047	6,586	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	3,110	6,695	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	3,174	6,804	163
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	3,240	6,912	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	3,307	7,019	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	3,375	7,127	165
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	3,444	7,234	166
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	3,512	7,343	166
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	3,582	7,452	167
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	3,651	7,560	167
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	3,696	7,666	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 Tunisia, Oman, Laos, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.