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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 BangladeshBurkina FasoCongo - KinshasaBarbados
132,90711,07551,181273
135,20711,40552,782274
137,42011,82854,453275
139,57312,38056,170276
141,65012,82957,860278
143,64413,17859,599279
145,54613,54061,474280
147,37613,91763,479281
149,04714,30965,590282
150,56214,72267,800283
152,18915,15270,114285
153,92715,60072,550286
155,63416,06475,138287
157,32616,56377,792288
158,99917,07280,534289
160,65017,57583,368290
162,27318,09486,229291
163,93818,62189,193291
165,65519,15792,209292
167,35819,69895,232293
169,04520,24298,320294
170,70920,788101,499294
172,35421,336104,767295
174,21721,889108,171295

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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