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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 AfghanistanGuinea
22,2067,610
22,4617,780
22,5077,821
23,6007,906
25,0058,121
25,6988,317
26,3358,478
27,1548,650
27,3878,860
27,7069,091
28,4849,327
29,1219,571
29,7589,825
30,42010,084
31,10810,351
31,82310,632
32,56410,924
33,33211,225
34,12511,534
34,94111,855
35,97212,160
37,03412,469
38,12712,778
39,25213,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.