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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	433	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	438	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	443	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	448	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	454	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	460	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	467	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	474	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	482	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	491	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	500	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	509	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	521	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	533	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	547	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	560	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	571	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	586	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	599	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	610	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	623	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	633	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	643	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	651	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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