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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	152	11,075	138
Dec 31, 2000	153	11,405	141
Dec 31, 2001	154	11,828	144
Dec 31, 2002	155	12,380	147
Dec 31, 2003	156	12,829	151
Dec 31, 2004	157	13,178	154
Dec 31, 2005	157	13,540	158
Dec 31, 2006	158	13,917	161
Dec 31, 2007	159	14,309	165
Dec 31, 2008	160	14,722	168
Dec 31, 2009	160	15,152	172
Dec 31, 2010	161	15,600	176
Dec 31, 2011	162	16,064	180
Dec 31, 2012	162	16,563	183
Dec 31, 2013	163	17,072	187
Dec 31, 2014	163	17,575	190
Dec 31, 2015	164	18,094	194
Dec 31, 2016	164	18,621	198
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,157	201
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,698	204
Dec 31, 2019	166	20,242	208
Dec 31, 2020	167	20,788	212
Dec 31, 2021	167	21,336	216
Dec 31, 2022	167	21,889	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.