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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 VerdeCongo - KinshasaOmanBurkina Faso
42251,1812,34811,075
43052,7822,40311,405
43854,4532,45711,828
44756,1702,51012,380
45557,8602,56212,829
46359,5992,61313,178
47161,4742,66313,540
47863,4792,71313,917
48665,5902,76414,309
49467,8002,81614,722
50170,1142,87115,152
50972,5502,92815,600
51675,1382,98616,064
52477,7923,04716,563
53180,5343,11017,072
53983,3683,17417,575
54686,2293,24018,094
55389,1933,30718,621
56292,2093,37519,157
56895,2323,44419,698
57498,3203,51220,242
580101,4993,58220,788
585104,7673,65121,336
590108,1713,69621,889

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