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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 Burkina FasoAlbaniaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
11,0753,0852,34851,181
11,4053,0652,40352,782
11,8283,0472,45754,453
12,3803,0382,51056,170
12,8293,0262,56257,860
13,1783,0142,61359,599
13,5402,9982,66361,474
13,9172,9792,71363,479
14,3092,9572,76465,590
14,7222,9342,81667,800
15,1522,9152,87170,114
15,6002,9002,92872,550
16,0642,8922,98675,138
16,5632,8883,04777,792
17,0722,8823,11080,534
17,5752,8763,17483,368
18,0942,8683,24086,229
18,6212,8633,30789,193
19,1572,8613,37592,209
19,6982,8543,44495,232
20,2422,8423,51298,320
20,7882,8253,582101,499
21,3362,7993,651104,767
21,8892,7873,696108,171

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.

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