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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 FasoYemenCape Verde
11,07516,728422
11,40517,236430
11,82817,762438
12,38018,310447
12,82918,855455
13,17819,410463
13,54020,000471
13,91720,611478
14,30921,236486
14,72221,878494
15,15222,533501
15,60023,195509
16,06423,880516
16,56324,594524
17,07225,311531
17,57526,020539
18,09426,698546
18,62127,347553
19,15727,985562
19,69828,608568
20,24229,216574
20,78829,811580
21,33630,399585
21,88931,058590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.