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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoOmanMoldovaLuxembourg
11,0752,3484,244433
11,4052,4034,199438
11,8282,4574,154443
12,3802,5104,108448
12,8292,5624,059454
13,1782,6134,013460
13,5402,6633,966467
13,9172,7133,919474
14,3092,7643,873482
14,7222,8163,829491
15,1522,8713,788500
15,6002,9283,748509
16,0642,9863,709521
16,5633,0473,671533
17,0723,1103,633547
17,5753,1743,595560
18,0943,2403,558571
18,6213,3073,522586
19,1573,3753,485599
19,6983,4443,448610
20,2423,5123,412623
20,7883,5823,376633
21,3363,6513,339643
21,8893,6963,570651

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