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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 BarbadosSudanCongo - KinshasaMorocco
27326,16851,18128,400
27426,77152,78228,744
27527,38754,45329,094
27628,01756,17029,447
27828,66257,86029,806
27929,32159,59930,169
28029,99661,47430,552
28130,68663,47930,953
28231,39365,59031,354
28332,13767,80031,754
28533,07870,11432,154
28633,89172,55032,553
28734,56875,13832,951
28835,29377,79233,346
28936,09380,53433,737
29037,05883,36834,124
29138,16586,22934,511
29139,29489,19334,898
29240,51292,20935,279
29341,76495,23235,653
29442,95298,32036,018
29444,121101,49936,375
29545,290104,76736,723
29546,498108,17137,101

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.