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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 FasoSingapore
27326,16811,0753,959
27426,77111,4054,028
27527,38711,8284,138
27628,01712,3804,176
27828,66212,8294,115
27929,32113,1784,167
28029,99613,5404,266
28130,68613,9174,401
28231,39314,3094,589
28332,13714,7224,839
28533,07815,1524,988
28633,89115,6005,077
28734,56816,0645,184
28835,29316,5635,312
28936,09317,0725,399
29037,05817,5755,470
29138,16518,0945,535
29139,29418,6215,607
29240,51219,1575,612
29341,76419,6985,639
29442,95220,2425,704
29444,12120,7885,686
29545,29021,3365,716
29546,49821,8895,750

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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