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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 FasoMorocco
27310,59611,07528,400
27410,83311,40528,744
27510,89011,82829,094
27611,00712,38029,447
27811,30712,82929,806
27911,57913,17830,169
28011,80413,54030,552
28112,04313,91730,953
28212,33714,30931,354
28312,65714,72231,754
28512,98615,15232,154
28613,32515,60032,553
28713,67916,06432,951
28814,04016,56333,346
28914,41217,07233,737
29014,80317,57534,124
29115,21018,09434,511
29115,62918,62134,898
29216,06019,15735,279
29316,50719,69835,653
29416,96720,24236,018
29417,44220,78836,375
29517,93021,33636,723
29518,49421,88937,101

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