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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	Malta	Albania	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	433	387	3,085	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	438	390	3,065	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	443	393	3,047	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	448	396	3,038	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	454	398	3,026	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	460	401	3,014	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	467	404	2,998	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	474	405	2,979	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	482	406	2,957	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	491	409	2,934	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	500	412	2,915	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	414	2,900	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	521	416	2,892	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	533	420	2,888	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	547	426	2,882	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	560	435	2,876	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	571	445	2,868	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	586	455	2,863	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	599	468	2,861	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	610	485	2,854	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	623	504	2,842	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	633	516	2,825	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	643	518	2,799	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	651	530	2,787	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, Malta, Albania, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.