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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	11,075	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	11,405	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	11,828	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	12,380	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	12,829	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	13,178	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	13,540	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	13,917	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	14,309	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	14,722	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	15,152	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	15,600	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	16,064	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	16,563	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	17,072	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	17,575	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	18,094	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	18,621	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	19,157	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	19,698	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	20,242	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	20,788	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	21,336	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	21,889	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.