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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 FasoOmanSudanLuxembourg
11,0752,34826,168433
11,4052,40326,771438
11,8282,45727,387443
12,3802,51028,017448
12,8292,56228,662454
13,1782,61329,321460
13,5402,66329,996467
13,9172,71330,686474
14,3092,76431,393482
14,7222,81632,137491
15,1522,87133,078500
15,6002,92833,891509
16,0642,98634,568521
16,5633,04735,293533
17,0723,11036,093547
17,5753,17437,058560
18,0943,24038,165571
18,6213,30739,294586
19,1573,37540,512599
19,6983,44441,764610
20,2423,51242,952623
20,7883,58244,121633
21,3363,65145,290643
21,8893,69646,498651

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, Sudan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.