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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	Seychelles	Burkina Faso	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	78	11,075	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	79	11,405	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	80	11,828	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	81	12,380	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	82	12,829	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	83	13,178	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	84	13,540	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	85	13,917	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	86	14,309	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	87	14,722	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	87	15,152	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	88	15,600	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	89	16,064	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	90	16,563	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	91	17,072	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	92	17,575	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	92	18,094	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	93	18,621	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	94	19,157	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	95	19,698	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	96	20,242	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	97	20,788	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	98	21,336	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	98	21,889	7,169

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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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 Seychelles, Burkina Faso, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.