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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	Burkina Faso	Lebanon	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,460	152
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,499	153
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	3,554	154
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	3,610	155
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	3,665	156
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	3,721	157
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	3,777	157
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	3,853	158
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	3,954	159
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	4,036	160
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	4,082	160
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	4,097	161
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	4,115	162
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	4,206	162
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	4,696	163
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,365	163
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,640	164
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	5,688	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	5,680	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	5,562	166
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	5,331	166
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	4,986	167
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	4,802	167
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	4,713	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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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