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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 AfghanistanBurkina FasoMorocco
22,20611,07528,400
22,46111,40528,744
22,50711,82829,094
23,60012,38029,447
25,00512,82929,806
25,69813,17830,169
26,33513,54030,552
27,15413,91730,953
27,38714,30931,354
27,70614,72231,754
28,48415,15232,154
29,12115,60032,553
29,75816,06432,951
30,42016,56333,346
31,10817,07233,737
31,82317,57534,124
32,56418,09434,511
33,33218,62134,898
34,12519,15735,279
34,94119,69835,653
35,97220,24236,018
37,03420,78836,375
38,12721,33636,723
39,25221,88937,101

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 Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.