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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	651	295	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 Luxembourg, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.