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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	Dominica	Albania	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,085	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,065	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,047	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,038	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,026	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,014	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,998	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,979	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,957	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,934	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,915	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,900	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,892	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,888	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,882	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,876	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,868	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,863	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,861	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,854	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,842	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,825	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,799	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,787	21,889	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 Dominica, Albania, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.