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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	Estonia	Luxembourg	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	433	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	438	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	443	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	448	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	454	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	460	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	467	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	474	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	482	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	491	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	500	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	509	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	521	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	533	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	547	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	560	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	571	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	586	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	599	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	610	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	623	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	633	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	643	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	651	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, Estonia, Luxembourg, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.