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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	152	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	153	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	154	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	155	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	156	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	157	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	157	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	158	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	159	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	160	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	160	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	161	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	162	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	162	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	163	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	163	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	164	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	164	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	165	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	166	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	166	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	167	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	167	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	167	7,666

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