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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 BarbadosHondurasBurkina FasoUnited Arab Emirates
2736,19811,0753,101
2746,36711,4053,284
2756,53511,8283,458
2766,69812,3803,613
2786,86312,8293,754
2797,02813,1783,882
2807,19413,5404,000
2817,35913,9174,532
2827,52214,3095,623
2837,68214,7227,277
2857,83915,1528,164
2867,99115,6008,152
2878,14116,0648,438
2888,28816,5638,747
2898,42917,0729,077
2908,54617,5759,321
2918,66118,0949,461
2918,77018,6219,587
2928,87819,1579,699
2939,00219,6989,796
2949,15420,2429,879
2949,30420,7889,953
2959,44821,33610,018
2959,59021,88910,099

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, Honduras, Burkina Faso, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.