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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 FasoMali
2736,19811,07510,596
2746,36711,40510,833
2756,53511,82810,890
2766,69812,38011,007
2786,86312,82911,307
2797,02813,17811,579
2807,19413,54011,804
2817,35913,91712,043
2827,52214,30912,337
2837,68214,72212,657
2857,83915,15212,986
2867,99115,60013,325
2878,14116,06413,679
2888,28816,56314,040
2898,42917,07214,412
2908,54617,57514,803
2918,66118,09415,210
2918,77018,62115,629
2928,87819,15716,060
2939,00219,69816,507
2949,15420,24216,967
2949,30420,78817,442
2959,44821,33617,930
2959,59021,88918,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.