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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	11,075	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	11,405	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	11,828	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	12,380	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	12,829	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	13,178	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	13,540	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	13,917	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	14,309	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	14,722	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	15,152	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	15,600	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	16,064	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	16,563	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	17,072	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	17,575	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	18,094	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	18,621	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	19,157	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	19,698	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	20,242	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	20,788	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	21,336	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	21,889	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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