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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	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.

All data sources

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.