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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 BarbadosSeychellesBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
2737811,0753,811
2747911,4053,901
2758011,8283,919
2768112,3803,923
2788212,8293,940
2798313,1783,975
2808413,5403,991
2818513,9173,993
2828614,3093,990
2838714,7223,987
2858715,1523,985
2868815,6003,983
2878916,0643,980
2889016,5633,977
2899117,0723,973
2909217,5753,968
2919218,0943,963
2919318,6213,957
2929419,1573,951
2939519,6983,944
2949620,2423,937
2949720,7883,929
2959821,3363,921
2959821,8893,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Seychelles, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.