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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 BarbadosMaliBurkina FasoCameroon
27310,59611,07515,483
27410,83311,40515,913
27510,89011,82816,354
27611,00712,38016,815
27811,30712,82917,289
27911,57913,17817,764
28011,80413,54018,249
28112,04313,91718,746
28212,33714,30919,278
28312,65714,72219,843
28512,98615,15220,419
28613,32515,60021,002
28713,67916,06421,586
28814,04016,56322,181
28914,41217,07222,800
29014,80317,57523,513
29115,21018,09424,273
29115,62918,62124,995
29216,06019,15725,680
29316,50719,69826,373
29416,96720,24227,114
29417,44220,78827,878
29517,93021,33628,663
29518,49421,88929,417

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