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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 FasoMoldovaBarbados
11,0754,244273
11,4054,199274
11,8284,154275
12,3804,108276
12,8294,059278
13,1784,013279
13,5403,966280
13,9173,919281
14,3093,873282
14,7223,829283
15,1523,788285
15,6003,748286
16,0643,709287
16,5633,671288
17,0723,633289
17,5753,595290
18,0943,558291
18,6213,522291
19,1573,485292
19,6983,448293
20,2423,412294
20,7883,376294
21,3363,339295
21,8893,570295

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