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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 BarbadosDominicaCongo - KinshasaHonduras
2737051,1816,198
2747152,7826,367
2757154,4536,535
2767256,1706,698
2787257,8606,863
2797259,5997,028
2807261,4747,194
2817263,4797,359
2827265,5907,522
2837367,8007,682
2857370,1147,839
2867372,5507,991
2877375,1388,141
2887377,7928,288
2897380,5348,429
2907383,3688,546
2917486,2298,661
2917489,1938,770
2927492,2098,878
2937495,2329,002
2947598,3209,154
29475101,4999,304
29576104,7679,448
29576108,1719,590

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Honduras; the database as a whole is cited above.