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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 FasoCyprus
27326,16811,075818
27426,77111,405826
27527,38711,828835
27628,01712,380845
27828,66212,829855
27929,32113,178867
28029,99613,540879
28130,68613,917894
28231,39314,309913
28332,13714,722937
28533,07815,152962
28633,89115,600988
28734,56816,0641,013
28835,29316,5631,029
28936,09317,0721,026
29037,05817,5751,015
29138,16518,0941,009
29139,29418,6211,014
29240,51219,1571,023
29341,76419,6981,036
29442,95220,2421,050
29444,12120,7881,062
29545,29021,3361,072
29546,49821,8891,087

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