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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	152	11,075	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	153	11,405	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	154	11,828	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	155	12,380	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	156	12,829	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	157	13,178	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	157	13,540	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	158	13,917	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	159	14,309	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	160	14,722	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	160	15,152	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	161	15,600	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	162	16,064	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	162	16,563	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	163	17,072	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	163	17,575	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	164	18,094	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	164	18,621	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,157	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,698	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	166	20,242	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	167	20,788	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	167	21,336	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	167	21,889	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

No separate list is published for St. Lucia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.