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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	St. Lucia	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	152	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	153	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	154	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	155	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	156	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	157	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	157	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	158	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	159	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	160	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	160	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	161	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	162	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	162	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	163	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	163	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	164	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	164	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	165	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	166	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	166	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	167	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	167	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	167	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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