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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	Luxembourg	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	433	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	438	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	443	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	448	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	454	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	460	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	467	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	474	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	482	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	491	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	500	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	509	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	521	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	533	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	547	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	560	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	571	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	586	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	599	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	610	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	623	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	633	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	643	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	651	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, Luxembourg, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.