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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	São Tomé & Príncipe	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	138	152
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	141	153
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	144	154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	147	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	151	156
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	154	157
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	158	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	161	158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	165	159
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	168	160
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	172	160
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	176	161
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	180	162
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	183	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	187	163
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	190	163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	194	164
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	198	164
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	201	165
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	204	166
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	208	166
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	212	167
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	216	167
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.