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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 BarbadosBurundiBurkina FasoLaos
2736,12811,0755,286
2746,28211,4055,397
2756,46611,8285,499
2766,67012,3805,578
2786,89712,8295,654
2797,16713,1785,746
2807,43913,5405,836
2817,70913,9175,931
2827,99114,3096,035
2838,31814,7226,145
2858,74115,1526,257
2869,14015,6006,368
2879,44016,0646,477
2889,74816,5636,586
28910,06917,0726,695
29010,38017,5756,804
29110,57718,0946,912
29110,72118,6217,019
29210,95519,1577,127
29311,22919,6987,234
29411,60220,2427,343
29411,98720,7887,452
29512,38421,3367,560
29512,79521,8897,666

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 Barbados, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.