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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 BarbadosSenegalBurkina FasoNorth Macedonia
27310,07011,0752,006
27410,30511,4052,017
27510,57611,8282,026
27610,86412,3802,011
27811,17212,8292,018
27911,49813,1782,024
28011,83913,5402,028
28112,20413,9172,031
28212,58414,3092,035
28312,97814,7222,038
28513,38215,1522,042
28613,79415,6002,046
28714,22616,0642,049
28814,66816,5632,052
28915,12117,0722,055
29015,58917,5752,058
29116,06618,0942,061
29116,54918,6212,063
29217,04419,1572,065
29317,53519,6982,067
29418,02120,2422,068
29418,51820,7882,065
29519,01621,3362,057
29519,51221,8892,048

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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