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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 BarbadosDominicaBurkina FasoCyprus
2737011,075818
2747111,405826
2757111,828835
2767212,380845
2787212,829855
2797213,178867
2807213,540879
2817213,917894
2827214,309913
2837314,722937
2857315,152962
2867315,600988
2877316,0641,013
2887316,5631,029
2897317,0721,026
2907317,5751,015
2917418,0941,009
2917418,6211,014
2927419,1571,023
2937419,6981,036
2947520,2421,050
2947520,7881,062
2957621,3361,072
2957621,8891,087

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, Dominica, Burkina Faso, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.