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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 FasoSudan
43311,07526,168
43811,40526,771
44311,82827,387
44812,38028,017
45412,82928,662
46013,17829,321
46713,54029,996
47413,91730,686
48214,30931,393
49114,72232,137
50015,15233,078
50915,60033,891
52116,06434,568
53316,56335,293
54717,07236,093
56017,57537,058
57118,09438,165
58618,62139,294
59919,15740,512
61019,69841,764
62320,24242,952
63320,78844,121
64321,33645,290
65121,88946,498

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