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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	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	22,206	433
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	22,461	438
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	22,507	443
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	23,600	448
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	25,005	454
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	25,698	460
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	26,335	467
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	27,154	474
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	27,387	482
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	27,706	491
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	28,484	500
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	29,121	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	29,758	521
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	30,420	533
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	31,108	547
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	31,823	560
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	32,564	571
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	33,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	34,125	599
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	34,941	610
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	35,972	623
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	37,034	633
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	38,127	643
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	39,252	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.

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