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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	Bolivia	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	8,007	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	8,177	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	8,351	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	8,529	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	8,711	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	8,895	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	9,081	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	9,268	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	9,457	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	9,647	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	9,836	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	10,024	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	10,211	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	10,397	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	10,581	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	10,763	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	10,942	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,118	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,289	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	11,456	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	11,621	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	11,775	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	11,917	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	12,060	21,889	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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