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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Argentina	Sudan	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	36,924	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	37,336	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	37,714	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	38,079	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	38,438	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	38,800	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	39,171	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	39,556	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	39,947	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	40,343	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	40,736	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	41,401	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	41,881	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	42,360	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	42,836	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	43,310	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	43,779	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	44,245	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	44,706	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	45,162	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	45,613	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	46,058	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	46,496	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	46,736	46,498	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

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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