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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	Finland	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	5,166	433
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	5,176	438
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	5,188	443
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	5,201	448
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	5,213	454
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	5,228	460
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	5,246	467
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	5,266	474
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	5,289	482
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	5,313	491
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	5,339	500
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	5,363	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	5,388	521
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,414	533
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	5,439	547
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,463	560
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,481	571
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	5,495	586
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	5,508	599
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	5,516	610
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	5,522	623
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	5,531	633
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	5,542	643
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	5,556	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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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