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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	Palestinian Territories	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,996	152
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,075	153
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	3,155	154
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	3,235	155
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	3,315	156
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	3,396	157
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	3,478	157
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	3,559	158
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	3,642	159
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	3,727	160
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	3,817	160
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	3,907	161
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	3,997	162
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	4,088	162
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	4,178	163
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	4,269	163
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	4,359	164
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	4,451	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	4,533	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	4,615	166
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	4,715	166
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	4,820	167
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	4,930	167
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	5,042	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 Burkina Faso, Palestinian Territories, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.