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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	Barbados	Dominica	Central African Republic	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,889	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,980	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,054	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,128	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,215	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,289	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	4,363	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	4,449	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	4,544	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	4,641	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	4,742	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	4,845	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	4,950	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,057	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,167	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,278	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,392	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,507	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,625	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,745	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,874	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	6,025	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	6,154	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	6,291	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 Barbados, Dominica, Central African Republic, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.