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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	1,378	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	1,400	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	1,391	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	1,382	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	1,374	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	1,365	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	1,357	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	1,349	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	1,341	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	1,337	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	1,334	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	1,332	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	1,328	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	1,324	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	1,319	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	1,314	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	1,312	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	1,314	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	1,314	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	1,318	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	1,323	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	1,327	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	1,329	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	1,330	21,889	295

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, Estonia, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.