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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	273	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	274	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	275	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	276	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	278	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	279	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	280	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	281	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	282	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	283	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	285	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	286	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	287	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	288	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	289	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	290	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	291	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	291	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	292	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	293	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	294	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	294	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	295	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	651	108,171	295	21,889

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