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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	Burkina Faso	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	433	11,075	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	438	11,405	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	443	11,828	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	448	12,380	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	454	12,829	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	460	13,178	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	467	13,540	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	474	13,917	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	482	14,309	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	491	14,722	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	500	15,152	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	521	16,064	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	533	16,563	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	547	17,072	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	560	17,575	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	571	18,094	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	586	18,621	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,157	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,698	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	623	20,242	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	633	20,788	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	643	21,336	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	651	21,889	2,403

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.

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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, Burkina Faso, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.