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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	Ghana	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	21,889	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.