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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	Denmark	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,322	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,339	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,358	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,377	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,391	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,404	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,420	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,438	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	5,461	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	5,494	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	5,524	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	5,548	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	5,571	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	5,592	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	5,614	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,644	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,683	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,730	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,766	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,795	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,818	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,831	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,855	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,907	21,889	7,666

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, Denmark, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.