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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 FasoYemenBarbados
11,07516,728273
11,40517,236274
11,82817,762275
12,38018,310276
12,82918,855278
13,17819,410279
13,54020,000280
13,91720,611281
14,30921,236282
14,72221,878283
15,15222,533285
15,60023,195286
16,06423,880287
16,56324,594288
17,07225,311289
17,57526,020290
18,09426,698291
18,62127,347291
19,15727,985292
19,69828,608293
20,24229,216294
20,78829,811294
21,33630,399295
21,88931,058295

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