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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 BarbadosUkraineBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
27349,49111,07551,181
27449,01411,40552,782
27548,52011,82854,453
27648,07412,38056,170
27847,69212,82957,860
27947,34213,17859,599
28047,00313,54061,474
28146,68513,91763,479
28246,40714,30965,590
28346,15614,72267,800
28545,95115,15270,114
28645,76815,60072,550
28745,60416,06475,138
28845,49216,56377,792
28945,38917,07280,534
29044,94417,57583,368
29144,42918,09486,229
29144,20818,62189,193
29244,02919,15792,209
29343,94419,69895,232
29443,95120,24298,320
29443,90420,788101,499
29543,74621,336104,767
29539,89721,889108,171

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, Ukraine, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.