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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 FasoMadagascarBarbados
11,07515,259273
11,40515,707274
11,82816,162275
12,38016,631276
12,82917,114278
13,17817,610279
13,54018,120280
13,91718,641281
14,30919,173282
14,72219,717283
15,15220,272285
15,60020,837286
16,06421,413287
16,56321,999288
17,07222,593289
17,57523,196290
18,09423,806291
18,62124,423291
19,15725,044292
19,69825,671293
20,24226,302294
20,78826,936294
21,33627,573295
21,88928,237295

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