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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	Namibia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,841	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,893	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,945	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,981	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,008	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,034	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,060	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,086	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,113	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,141	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,170	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,201	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,232	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,268	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,312	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,360	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,408	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,456	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,505	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,554	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,602	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,651	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,700	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,739	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.

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