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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	Madagascar	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	21,889	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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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 Madagascar, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.