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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	Denmark	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,322	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,339	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,358	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,377	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,391	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,404	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,420	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,438	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	482	5,461	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	491	5,494	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	500	5,524	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	5,548	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	521	5,571	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	533	5,592	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	547	5,614	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	560	5,644	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	571	5,683	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	586	5,730	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	599	5,766	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	610	5,795	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	623	5,818	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	633	5,831	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	643	5,855	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	651	5,907	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.

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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

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