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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	108,171	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.

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