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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	Switzerland	Burkina Faso	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	433	7,258	11,075	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	438	7,296	11,405	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	443	7,332	11,828	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	448	7,384	12,380	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	454	7,438	12,829	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	460	7,488	13,178	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	467	7,532	13,540	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	474	7,579	13,917	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	482	7,647	14,309	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	491	7,738	14,722	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	500	7,825	15,152	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,884	15,600	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,959	16,064	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	533	8,044	16,563	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	547	8,137	17,072	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	560	8,237	17,575	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	571	8,332	18,094	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	586	8,423	18,621	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	599	8,502	19,157	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	610	8,565	19,698	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	623	8,626	20,242	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	633	8,689	20,788	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	643	8,756	21,336	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	651	8,834	21,889	2,787

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

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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