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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	North Macedonia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,006	152
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,017	153
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,026	154
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,011	155
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,018	156
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,024	157
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,028	157
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,031	158
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,038	160
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,042	160
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,046	161
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,049	162
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	2,052	162
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	2,055	163
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	2,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	2,061	164
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	2,063	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	2,065	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	2,067	166
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	2,068	166
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	2,065	167
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	2,057	167
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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