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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 FasoParaguayBarbados
11,0755,366273
11,4055,473274
11,8285,579275
12,3805,683276
12,8295,786278
13,1785,886279
13,5405,984280
13,9176,080281
14,3096,173282
14,7226,264283
15,1526,352285
15,6006,438286
16,0646,522287
16,5636,605288
17,0726,688289
17,5756,769290
18,0946,850291
18,6216,930291
19,1577,012292
19,6987,095293
20,2427,179294
20,7887,263294
21,3367,348295
21,8897,432295

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