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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 FasoBotswana
27326,16811,0751,630
27426,77111,4051,665
27527,38711,8281,698
27628,01712,3801,730
27828,66212,8291,761
27929,32113,1781,792
28029,99613,5401,824
28130,68613,9171,857
28231,39314,3091,890
28332,13714,7221,923
28533,07815,1521,956
28633,89115,6001,990
28734,56816,0642,023
28835,29316,5632,057
28936,09317,0722,091
29037,05817,5752,125
29138,16518,0942,159
29139,29418,6212,194
29240,51219,1572,228
29341,76419,6982,262
29442,95220,2422,297
29444,12120,7882,331
29545,29021,3362,365
29546,49821,8892,403

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, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.