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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	138	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	141	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	144	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	147	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	151	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	154	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	158	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	161	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	165	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	168	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	172	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	176	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	180	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	183	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	187	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	190	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	194	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	198	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	201	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	204	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	208	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	212	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	216	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.