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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	Albania	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	152	3,085	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	153	3,065	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	154	3,047	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	155	3,038	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	156	3,026	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	157	3,014	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,998	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,979	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,957	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,934	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,915	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,900	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,892	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	162	2,888	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	163	2,882	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	163	2,876	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	164	2,868	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	164	2,863	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165	2,861	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	166	2,854	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	166	2,842	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	167	2,825	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	167	2,799	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	167	2,787	21,889	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.

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