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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	Luxembourg	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	433	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	438	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	443	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	448	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	454	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	460	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	467	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	474	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	482	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	491	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	500	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	509	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	521	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	533	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	547	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	560	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	571	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	586	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	599	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	610	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	623	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	633	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	643	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	651	76

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, Luxembourg, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.