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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	St. Lucia	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	152	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	153	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	154	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	155	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	156	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	157	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	157	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	158	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	159	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	160	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	160	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	161	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	162	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	162	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	163	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	163	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	164	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	164	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	165	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	166	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	166	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	167	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	167	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	167	7,432

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