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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 FasoNorth Macedonia
2737011,0752,006
2747111,4052,017
2757111,8282,026
2767212,3802,011
2787212,8292,018
2797213,1782,024
2807213,5402,028
2817213,9172,031
2827214,3092,035
2837314,7222,038
2857315,1522,042
2867315,6002,046
2877316,0642,049
2887316,5632,052
2897317,0722,055
2907317,5752,058
2917418,0942,061
2917418,6212,063
2927419,1572,065
2937419,6982,067
2947520,2422,068
2947520,7882,065
2957621,3362,057
2957621,8892,048

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.