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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 BarbadosEthiopiaBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
27363,57511,07551,181
27465,21311,40552,782
27566,88911,82854,453
27668,64912,38056,170
27870,49112,82957,860
27972,38913,17859,599
28074,32713,54061,474
28176,32613,91763,479
28278,41114,30965,590
28380,56414,72267,800
28582,78715,15270,114
28685,09615,60072,550
28787,53016,06475,138
28890,06616,56377,792
28992,63217,07280,534
29095,33717,57583,368
29198,11418,09486,229
291100,85818,62189,193
292103,65419,15792,209
293106,46619,69895,232
294109,26720,24298,320
294112,10020,788101,499
295114,96421,336104,767
295117,92421,889108,171

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.

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, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.