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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.