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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	Malta	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	387	152
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	390	153
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	393	154
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	396	155
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	398	156
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	401	157
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	404	157
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	405	158
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	406	159
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	409	160
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	412	160
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	414	161
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	416	162
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	420	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	426	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	435	163
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	445	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	455	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	468	165
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	485	166
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	504	166
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	516	167
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	518	167
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	530	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, Malta, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.