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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBangladeshBurkina FasoCroatia
273132,90711,0754,377
274135,20711,4054,334
275137,42011,8284,171
276139,57312,3804,176
278141,65012,8294,176
279143,64413,1784,179
280145,54613,5404,182
281147,37613,9174,183
282149,04714,3094,183
283150,56214,7224,181
285152,18915,1524,177
286153,92715,6004,167
287155,63416,0644,154
288157,32616,5634,141
289158,99917,0724,126
290160,65017,5754,109
291162,27318,0944,081
291163,93818,6214,047
292165,65519,1574,006
293167,35819,6983,968
294169,04520,2423,945
294170,70920,7883,925
295172,35421,3363,839
295174,21721,8893,790

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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