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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	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Denmark	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	5,322	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	5,339	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	5,358	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	5,377	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	5,391	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	5,404	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	5,420	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	5,438	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	5,461	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	5,494	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	5,524	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	5,548	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	5,571	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	5,592	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	5,614	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	5,644	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	5,683	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	5,730	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	5,766	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	5,795	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	5,818	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	5,831	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	5,855	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	5,907	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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