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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 DominicaAlbaniaBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
703,08511,07551,181
713,06511,40552,782
713,04711,82854,453
723,03812,38056,170
723,02612,82957,860
723,01413,17859,599
722,99813,54061,474
722,97913,91763,479
722,95714,30965,590
732,93414,72267,800
732,91515,15270,114
732,90015,60072,550
732,89216,06475,138
732,88816,56377,792
732,88217,07280,534
732,87617,57583,368
742,86818,09486,229
742,86318,62189,193
742,86119,15792,209
742,85419,69895,232
752,84220,24298,320
752,82520,788101,499
762,79921,336104,767
762,78721,889108,171

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