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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	433	26,168	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	438	26,771	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	443	27,387	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	448	28,017	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	454	28,662	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	460	29,321	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	467	29,996	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	474	30,686	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	482	31,393	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	491	32,137	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	500	33,078	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	509	33,891	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	521	34,568	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	533	35,293	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	547	36,093	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	560	37,058	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	571	38,165	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,294	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,512	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	610	41,764	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	623	42,952	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	633	44,121	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	643	45,290	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	651	46,498	21,889	3,570

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, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.