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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	Estonia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	433	1,378	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	438	1,400	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	443	1,391	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	448	1,382	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	454	1,374	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	460	1,365	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	467	1,357	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	474	1,349	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	482	1,341	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	491	1,337	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	500	1,334	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	1,332	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	521	1,328	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	533	1,324	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	547	1,319	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	560	1,314	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	571	1,312	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	586	1,314	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	599	1,314	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	610	1,318	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	623	1,323	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	633	1,327	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	643	1,329	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	651	1,330	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, Estonia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.