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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	Burkina Faso	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	152	11,075	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	153	11,405	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	154	11,828	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	155	12,380	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	156	12,829	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	157	13,178	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	157	13,540	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	158	13,917	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	159	14,309	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	160	14,722	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	160	15,152	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	161	15,600	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	162	16,064	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	162	16,563	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	163	17,072	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	163	17,575	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	164	18,094	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	164	18,621	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,157	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,698	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	166	20,242	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	167	20,788	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	167	21,336	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	167	21,889	13,439

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, Burkina Faso, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.