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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	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	433	23,188	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	438	23,601	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	443	24,011	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	448	24,425	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	454	24,841	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	460	25,255	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	467	25,667	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	474	26,079	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	482	26,589	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	491	27,098	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	500	27,510	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	27,920	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	521	28,327	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	533	28,722	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	547	29,111	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	560	29,418	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	571	29,693	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	586	29,961	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	599	29,856	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	610	28,858	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	623	27,921	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	633	27,871	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	643	28,316	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	651	28,418	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.

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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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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