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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 FasoOmanParaguay
42211,0752,3485,366
43011,4052,4035,473
43811,8282,4575,579
44712,3802,5105,683
45512,8292,5625,786
46313,1782,6135,886
47113,5402,6635,984
47813,9172,7136,080
48614,3092,7646,173
49414,7222,8166,264
50115,1522,8716,352
50915,6002,9286,438
51616,0642,9866,522
52416,5633,0476,605
53117,0723,1106,688
53917,5753,1746,769
54618,0943,2406,850
55318,6213,3076,930
56219,1573,3757,012
56819,6983,4447,095
57420,2423,5127,179
58020,7883,5827,263
58521,3363,6517,348
59021,8893,6967,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.