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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 BarbadosSudanBurkina FasoBurundi
27326,16811,0756,128
27426,77111,4056,282
27527,38711,8286,466
27628,01712,3806,670
27828,66212,8296,897
27929,32113,1787,167
28029,99613,5407,439
28130,68613,9177,709
28231,39314,3097,991
28332,13714,7228,318
28533,07815,1528,741
28633,89115,6009,140
28734,56816,0649,440
28835,29316,5639,748
28936,09317,07210,069
29037,05817,57510,380
29138,16518,09410,577
29139,29418,62110,721
29240,51219,15710,955
29341,76419,69811,229
29442,95220,24211,602
29444,12120,78811,987
29545,29021,33612,384
29546,49821,88912,795

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