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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	Slovenia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	1,998	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	2,004	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	2,006	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	2,009	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	2,010	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	2,011	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	2,015	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	2,022	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	2,033	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	2,036	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	2,056	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,063	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	2,067	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	2,071	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	2,074	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	2,076	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	2,078	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	2,079	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	2,081	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	2,087	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	2,104	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	2,118	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	2,123	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	2,124	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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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