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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	Estonia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	1,378	152
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	1,400	153
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	1,391	154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	1,382	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	1,374	156
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	1,365	157
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	1,357	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	1,349	158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	1,341	159
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	1,337	160
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	1,334	160
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	1,332	161
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	1,328	162
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	1,324	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	1,319	163
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	1,314	163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	1,312	164
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	1,314	164
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	1,314	165
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	1,318	166
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	1,323	166
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	1,327	167
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	1,329	167
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	1,330	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, Estonia, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.