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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 BarbadosDominicaSenegalCongo - Kinshasa
2737010,07051,181
2747110,30552,782
2757110,57654,453
2767210,86456,170
2787211,17257,860
2797211,49859,599
2807211,83961,474
2817212,20463,479
2827212,58465,590
2837312,97867,800
2857313,38270,114
2867313,79472,550
2877314,22675,138
2887314,66877,792
2897315,12180,534
2907315,58983,368
2917416,06686,229
2917416,54989,193
2927417,04492,209
2937417,53595,232
2947518,02198,320
2947518,518101,499
2957619,016104,767
2957619,512108,171

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