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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date YemenBurkina FasoLuxembourg
16,72811,075433
17,23611,405438
17,76211,828443
18,31012,380448
18,85512,829454
19,41013,178460
20,00013,540467
20,61113,917474
21,23614,309482
21,87814,722491
22,53315,152500
23,19515,600509
23,88016,064521
24,59416,563533
25,31117,072547
26,02017,575560
26,69818,094571
27,34718,621586
27,98519,157599
28,60819,698610
29,21620,242623
29,81120,788633
30,39921,336643
31,05821,889651

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

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