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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	Laos	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,286	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,397	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,499	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,578	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,654	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,746	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,836	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,931	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,035	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,145	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,257	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	73	6,368	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	73	6,477	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	73	6,586	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	73	6,695	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	73	6,804	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	74	6,912	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	74	7,019	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,127	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,234	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,343	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,452	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,560	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,666	21,889

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

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