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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	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,811	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,901	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,919	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,923	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,940	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,975	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,991	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,993	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,990	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,987	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,985	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,983	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,980	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,977	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,973	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,968	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,963	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,957	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,951	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,944	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,937	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,929	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,921	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,876	21,889	651

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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