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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	St. Lucia	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	152	22,206	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	153	22,461	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	154	22,507	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	155	23,600	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	156	25,005	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	157	25,698	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	157	26,335	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	158	27,154	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	159	27,387	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	160	27,706	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	160	28,484	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	161	29,121	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	162	29,758	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	162	30,420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	163	31,108	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	163	31,823	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	164	32,564	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	164	33,332	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165	34,125	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	166	34,941	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	166	35,972	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	167	37,034	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	167	38,127	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	167	39,252	108,171

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