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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	433	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	438	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	443	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	448	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	454	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	460	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	467	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	474	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	482	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	491	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	500	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	509	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	521	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	533	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	547	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	560	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	571	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	586	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	599	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	610	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	623	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	633	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	643	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	651	98

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.