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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 FasoVietnam
27351,18111,07578,394
27452,78211,40579,472
27554,45311,82880,546
27656,17012,38081,637
27857,86012,82982,720
27959,59913,17883,821
28061,47413,54084,942
28163,47913,91786,036
28265,59014,30987,136
28367,80014,72288,253
28570,11415,15289,373
28672,55015,60090,481
28775,13816,06491,591
28877,79216,56392,720
28980,53417,07293,883
29083,36817,57595,055
29186,22918,09496,222
29189,19318,62197,380
29292,20919,15798,507
29395,23219,69899,604
29498,32020,242100,695
294101,49920,788101,771
295104,76721,336102,815
295108,17121,889103,574

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