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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	United States	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	279,040	152
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	282,162	153
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	284,969	154
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	287,625	155
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	290,108	156
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	292,805	157
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	295,517	157
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	298,380	158
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	301,231	159
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	304,094	160
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	306,772	160
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	309,327	161
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	311,583	162
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	313,878	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	316,060	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	318,386	163
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	320,739	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	323,072	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	325,122	165
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	326,838	166
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	328,330	166
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	331,512	167
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	332,032	167
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	333,288	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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