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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	Bangladesh	Albania	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,085	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,065	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,047	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,038	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,026	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,014	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,998	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,979	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,957	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,934	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,915	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,900	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,892	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,888	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,882	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,876	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,868	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,863	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,861	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,854	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,842	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,825	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,799	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,787	21,889	651

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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