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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	Benin	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	2,787	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 Benin, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.