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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	11,075	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	11,405	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	11,828	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	12,380	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	12,829	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	13,178	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	13,540	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	13,917	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	14,309	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	14,722	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	15,152	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	15,600	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	16,064	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	16,563	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	17,072	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	17,575	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	18,094	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	18,621	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	19,157	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	19,698	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	20,242	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	20,788	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	21,336	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	21,889	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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