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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	Dominican Republic	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	11,075	132,907	433
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	11,405	135,207	438
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	11,828	137,420	443
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	12,380	139,573	448
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	12,829	141,650	454
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	13,178	143,644	460
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	13,540	145,546	467
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	13,917	147,376	474
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	14,309	149,047	482
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	14,722	150,562	491
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	15,152	152,189	500
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	15,600	153,927	509
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	16,064	155,634	521
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	16,563	157,326	533
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	17,072	158,999	547
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	17,575	160,650	560
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	18,094	162,273	571
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	18,621	163,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	19,157	165,655	599
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	19,698	167,358	610
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	20,242	169,045	623
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	20,788	170,709	633
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	21,336	172,354	643
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	21,889	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, Burkina Faso, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.