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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	Haiti	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	8,121	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	8,279	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	8,430	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	8,580	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	8,739	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	8,900	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	9,061	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	9,216	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	9,364	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	9,508	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	9,652	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	9,553	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	9,670	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	9,793	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	9,922	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	10,047	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	10,254	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	10,486	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	10,647	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	10,788	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	10,933	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	11,077	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	11,215	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	11,349	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, Haiti, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.