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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 CameroonBurkina FasoSeychelles
15,48311,07578
15,91311,40579
16,35411,82880
16,81512,38081
17,28912,82982
17,76413,17883
18,24913,54084
18,74613,91785
19,27814,30986
19,84314,72287
20,41915,15287
21,00215,60088
21,58616,06489
22,18116,56390
22,80017,07291
23,51317,57592
24,27318,09492
24,99518,62193
25,68019,15794
26,37319,69895
27,11420,24296
27,87820,78897
28,66321,33698
29,41721,88998

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 Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.