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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 BarbadosCongo - KinshasaBurkina FasoParaguay
27351,18111,0755,366
27452,78211,4055,473
27554,45311,8285,579
27656,17012,3805,683
27857,86012,8295,786
27959,59913,1785,886
28061,47413,5405,984
28163,47913,9176,080
28265,59014,3096,173
28367,80014,7226,264
28570,11415,1526,352
28672,55015,6006,438
28775,13816,0646,522
28877,79216,5636,605
28980,53417,0726,688
29083,36817,5756,769
29186,22918,0946,850
29189,19318,6216,930
29292,20919,1577,012
29395,23219,6987,095
29498,32020,2427,179
294101,49920,7887,263
295104,76721,3367,348
295108,17121,8897,432

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

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