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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	Madagascar	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	15,259	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	15,707	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	16,162	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	16,631	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	17,114	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	17,610	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	18,120	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	18,641	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	19,173	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	19,717	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	20,272	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	20,837	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	21,413	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	21,999	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	22,593	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	23,196	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	23,806	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	24,423	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	25,044	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	25,671	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	26,302	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	26,936	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	27,573	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	28,237	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, Madagascar, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.