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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	Turkmenistan	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	4,324	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	4,385	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,444	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,502	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,556	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,608	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	4,664	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	4,719	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	4,773	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	4,828	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	4,884	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	4,940	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	4,996	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	5,053	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	5,110	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	5,169	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	5,227	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	5,287	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	5,346	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	5,405	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	5,464	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	5,522	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	5,579	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	5,657	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, Turkmenistan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.