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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	Paraguay	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	152	5,366	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	153	5,473	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	154	5,579	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	155	5,683	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	156	5,786	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	157	5,886	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	157	5,984	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	158	6,080	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	159	6,173	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	160	6,264	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	160	6,352	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	161	6,438	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	162	6,522	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	162	6,605	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	163	6,688	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	163	6,769	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	164	6,850	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	164	6,930	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	165	7,012	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	166	7,095	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	166	7,179	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	167	7,263	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	167	7,348	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	167	7,432	6,291

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, Paraguay, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.