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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 FasoNepal
22,20611,07523,087
22,46111,40523,487
22,50711,82823,887
23,60012,38024,273
25,00512,82924,645
25,69813,17824,989
26,33513,54025,255
27,15413,91725,484
27,38714,30925,732
27,70614,72225,998
28,48415,15226,298
29,12115,60026,664
29,75816,06427,081
30,42016,56327,505
31,10817,07227,917
31,82317,57528,311
32,56418,09428,678
33,33218,62129,034
34,12519,15729,384
34,94119,69829,718
35,97220,24230,057
37,03420,78830,595
38,12721,33631,311
39,25221,88931,845

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