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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaBurkina FasoOmanCyprus
51,18111,0752,348818
52,78211,4052,403826
54,45311,8282,457835
56,17012,3802,510845
57,86012,8292,562855
59,59913,1782,613867
61,47413,5402,663879
63,47913,9172,713894
65,59014,3092,764913
67,80014,7222,816937
70,11415,1522,871962
72,55015,6002,928988
75,13816,0642,9861,013
77,79216,5633,0471,029
80,53417,0723,1101,026
83,36817,5753,1741,015
86,22918,0943,2401,009
89,19318,6213,3071,014
92,20919,1573,3751,023
95,23219,6983,4441,036
98,32020,2423,5121,050
101,49920,7883,5821,062
104,76721,3363,6511,072
108,17121,8893,6961,087

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.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Oman, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.