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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	Tunisia	Russia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	147,218	152
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	146,600	153
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	145,980	154
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	145,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	144,652	156
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	144,071	157
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	143,522	157
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	143,053	158
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	142,809	159
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	142,746	160
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	142,789	160
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	142,853	161
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	142,964	162
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	143,205	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	143,510	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	146,094	163
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	146,410	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	146,678	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	146,846	165
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	146,834	166
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	146,768	166
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	146,463	167
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	145,849	167
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	146,693	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.

All data sources

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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