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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	Sri Lanka	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	19,354	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	19,610	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	19,838	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	20,060	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	20,297	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	20,529	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	20,703	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	20,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	21,120	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	21,315	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	21,503	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	21,713	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	21,918	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	22,120	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	22,320	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	22,517	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	22,711	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	22,899	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	23,080	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	23,254	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	23,420	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	23,579	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	23,732	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	23,796	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, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.