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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	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	433	11,075	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	438	11,405	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	443	11,828	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	448	12,380	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	454	12,829	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	460	13,178	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	467	13,540	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	474	13,917	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	482	14,309	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	491	14,722	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	500	15,152	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	521	16,064	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	533	16,563	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	547	17,072	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	560	17,575	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	571	18,094	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	586	18,621	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,157	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,698	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	623	20,242	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	633	20,788	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	643	21,336	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	651	21,889	11,003

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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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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.