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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	11,075	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	11,405	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	11,828	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	12,380	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	12,829	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	13,178	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	13,540	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	13,917	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	14,309	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	14,722	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	15,152	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	15,600	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	16,064	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	16,563	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	17,072	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	17,575	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	18,094	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	18,621	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	19,157	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	19,698	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	20,242	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	20,788	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	21,336	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	21,889	8,834

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

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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