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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	152	11,075	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	153	11,405	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	154	11,828	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	155	12,380	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	156	12,829	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	157	13,178	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	157	13,540	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	158	13,917	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	159	14,309	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	160	14,722	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	160	15,152	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	161	15,600	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	162	16,064	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	162	16,563	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	163	17,072	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	163	17,575	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	164	18,094	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	164	18,621	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,157	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,698	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	166	20,242	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	167	20,788	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	167	21,336	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	167	21,889	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.