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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	Luxembourg	Burkina Faso	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	11,075	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	11,405	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	11,828	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	12,380	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	12,829	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	13,178	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	13,540	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	13,917	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	14,309	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	14,722	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	15,152	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	15,600	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	16,064	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	16,563	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	17,072	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	17,575	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	18,094	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	18,621	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	19,157	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	19,698	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	20,242	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	20,788	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	21,336	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	21,889	11,349

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