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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	433	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	438	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	443	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	448	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	454	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	460	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	467	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	474	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	482	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	491	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	500	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	509	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	521	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	533	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	547	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	560	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	571	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	586	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	599	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	610	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	623	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	633	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	643	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	651	530

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Luxembourg, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.