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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 DominicaBurkina FasoAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
7011,0753,08551,181
7111,4053,06552,782
7111,8283,04754,453
7212,3803,03856,170
7212,8293,02657,860
7213,1783,01459,599
7213,5402,99861,474
7213,9172,97963,479
7214,3092,95765,590
7314,7222,93467,800
7315,1522,91570,114
7315,6002,90072,550
7316,0642,89275,138
7316,5632,88877,792
7317,0722,88280,534
7317,5752,87683,368
7418,0942,86886,229
7418,6212,86389,193
7419,1572,86192,209
7419,6982,85495,232
7520,2422,84298,320
7520,7882,825101,499
7621,3362,799104,767
7621,8892,787108,171

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.

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