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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	651	295	21,889	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.