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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	152
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	153
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	154
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	155
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	156
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	157
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	157
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	158
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	159
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	160
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	160
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	161
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	162
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	162
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	163
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	163
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	164
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	164
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	165
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	166
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	166
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	167
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	167
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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