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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 BarbadosNigerBurkina FasoSudan
27310,42411,07526,168
27410,78511,40526,771
27511,17011,82827,387
27611,58012,38028,017
27812,01512,82928,662
27912,47213,17829,321
28012,95413,54029,996
28113,45913,91730,686
28213,98614,30931,393
28314,53214,72232,137
28515,09215,15233,078
28615,66915,60033,891
28716,26316,06434,568
28816,90316,56335,293
28917,56917,07236,093
29018,24217,57537,058
29118,95718,09438,165
29119,70818,62139,294
29220,46219,15740,512
29321,22819,69841,764
29422,02320,24242,952
29422,84220,78844,121
29523,69121,33645,290
29524,58721,88946,498

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, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.