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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	11,075	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	11,405	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	11,828	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	12,380	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	12,829	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	13,178	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	13,540	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	13,917	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	14,309	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	14,722	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	15,152	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	15,600	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	16,064	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	16,563	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	17,072	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	17,575	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	18,094	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	18,621	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	19,157	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	19,698	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	20,242	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	20,788	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	21,336	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	21,889	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.