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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	Burkina Faso	Cameroon	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	15,483	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	15,913	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	16,354	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	16,815	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	17,289	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	17,764	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	18,249	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	18,746	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	19,278	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	19,843	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	20,419	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	21,002	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	21,586	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	22,181	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	22,800	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	23,513	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	24,273	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	24,995	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	25,680	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	26,373	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	27,114	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	27,878	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	28,663	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	29,417	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

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