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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	Tunisia	Burkina Faso	Laos	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	11,075	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	11,405	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	11,828	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	12,380	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	12,829	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	13,178	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	13,540	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	13,917	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	14,309	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	14,722	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	15,152	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	15,600	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	16,064	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	16,563	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	17,072	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	17,575	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	18,094	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	18,621	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,157	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,698	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	20,242	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	20,788	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	21,336	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	21,889	7,666	651

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 Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Laos, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.