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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	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	295	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, Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.