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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
43311,07551,181
43811,40552,782
44311,82854,453
44812,38056,170
45412,82957,860
46013,17859,599
46713,54061,474
47413,91763,479
48214,30965,590
49114,72267,800
50015,15270,114
50915,60072,550
52116,06475,138
53316,56377,792
54717,07280,534
56017,57583,368
57118,09486,229
58618,62189,193
59919,15792,209
61019,69895,232
62320,24298,320
63320,788101,499
64321,336104,767
65121,889108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.