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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	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	167

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 Lesotho, Congo - Kinshasa, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.