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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 FasoTanzania
27351,18111,07532,912
27452,78211,40533,953
27554,45311,82834,974
27656,17012,38036,021
27857,86012,82937,100
27959,59913,17838,167
28061,47413,54039,262
28163,47913,91740,387
28265,59014,30941,557
28367,80014,72242,741
28570,11415,15243,889
28672,55015,60045,132
28775,13816,06446,531
28877,79216,56347,965
28980,53417,07249,437
29083,36817,57550,965
29186,22918,09452,604
29189,19318,62154,336
29292,20919,15756,062
29395,23219,69857,765
29498,32020,24259,465
294101,49920,78861,191
295104,76721,33662,944
295108,17121,88964,835

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