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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	Namibia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	1,841	152
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	1,893	153
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	1,945	154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	1,981	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,008	156
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,034	157
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,060	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,086	158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,113	159
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,141	160
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,170	160
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,201	161
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,232	162
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,268	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,312	163
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,360	163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,408	164
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,456	164
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,505	165
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,554	166
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,602	166
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,651	167
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,700	167
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,739	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Namibia, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.