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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,286	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,397	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,499	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,578	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,654	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,746	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,836	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,931	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,035	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,145	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,257	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	73	6,368	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	73	6,477	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	73	6,586	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	73	6,695	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	73	6,804	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	74	6,912	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	74	7,019	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,127	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,234	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,343	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,452	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,560	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,666	21,889	3,228

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