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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	Malta	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	387	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	390	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	393	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	396	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	398	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	401	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	404	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	405	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	406	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	409	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	412	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	414	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	416	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	420	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	426	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	435	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	445	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	455	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	468	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	485	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	504	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	516	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	518	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	530	21,889

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