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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 Cape VerdeBurkina FasoOmanLaos
42211,0752,3485,286
43011,4052,4035,397
43811,8282,4575,499
44712,3802,5105,578
45512,8292,5625,654
46313,1782,6135,746
47113,5402,6635,836
47813,9172,7135,931
48614,3092,7646,035
49414,7222,8166,145
50115,1522,8716,257
50915,6002,9286,368
51616,0642,9866,477
52416,5633,0476,586
53117,0723,1106,695
53917,5753,1746,804
54618,0943,2406,912
55318,6213,3077,019
56219,1573,3757,127
56819,6983,4447,234
57420,2423,5127,343
58020,7883,5827,452
58521,3363,6517,560
59021,8893,6967,666

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Oman, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.