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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	152	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	153	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	154	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	155	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	156	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	157	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	160	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	160	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	161	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	162	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	167	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	167	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	167	4,259

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