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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	Luxembourg	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	651	295	21,889	6,291

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 Luxembourg, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.