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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.