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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 FasoTanzaniaBarbados
11,07532,912273
11,40533,953274
11,82834,974275
12,38036,021276
12,82937,100278
13,17838,167279
13,54039,262280
13,91740,387281
14,30941,557282
14,72242,741283
15,15243,889285
15,60045,132286
16,06446,531287
16,56347,965288
17,07249,437289
17,57550,965290
18,09452,604291
18,62154,336291
19,15756,062292
19,69857,765293
20,24259,465294
20,78861,191294
21,33662,944295
21,88964,835295

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