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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	Mauritania	Congo - Kinshasa	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	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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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 Mauritania, Congo - Kinshasa, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.