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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	Paraguay	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	5,366	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	5,473	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	5,579	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	5,683	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	5,786	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	5,886	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	5,984	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	6,080	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	6,173	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	6,264	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	6,352	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	6,438	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	6,522	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	6,605	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	6,688	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	6,769	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	6,850	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	6,930	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	7,012	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	7,095	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	7,179	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	7,263	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	7,348	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	7,432	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, Paraguay, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.