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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoGambiaBarbados
11,0751,320273
11,4051,357274
11,8281,393275
12,3801,431276
12,8291,469278
13,1781,508279
13,5401,548280
13,9171,589281
14,3091,630282
14,7221,671283
15,1521,713285
15,6001,755286
16,0641,798287
16,5631,840288
17,0721,883289
17,5751,926290
18,0941,968291
18,6212,010291
19,1572,051292
19,6982,093293
20,2422,147294
20,7882,203294
21,3362,260295
21,8892,316295

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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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, Gambia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.