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

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