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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	Mali	Palestinian Territories	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,996	152
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	3,075	153
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	3,155	154
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	3,235	155
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	3,315	156
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	3,396	157
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	3,478	157
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	3,559	158
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	3,642	159
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	3,727	160
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	3,817	160
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	3,907	161
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	3,997	162
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	4,088	162
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	4,178	163
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	4,269	163
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	4,359	164
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	4,451	164
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	4,533	165
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	4,615	166
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	4,715	166
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	4,820	167
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	4,930	167
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	5,042	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 Mali, Palestinian Territories, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.