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

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, St. Lucia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.