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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	Sudan	Denmark	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	5,322	152
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	5,339	153
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	5,358	154
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	5,377	155
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	5,391	156
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	5,404	157
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	5,420	157
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	5,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	5,461	159
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	5,494	160
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	5,524	160
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	5,548	161
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	5,571	162
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	5,592	162
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	5,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	5,644	163
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	5,683	164
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	5,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	5,766	165
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	5,795	166
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	5,818	166
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	5,831	167
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	5,855	167
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	5,907	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 Sudan, Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.