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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 DominicaEstoniaBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
701,37811,07551,181
711,40011,40552,782
711,39111,82854,453
721,38212,38056,170
721,37412,82957,860
721,36513,17859,599
721,35713,54061,474
721,34913,91763,479
721,34114,30965,590
731,33714,72267,800
731,33415,15270,114
731,33215,60072,550
731,32816,06475,138
731,32416,56377,792
731,31917,07280,534
731,31417,57583,368
741,31218,09486,229
741,31418,62189,193
741,31419,15792,209
741,31819,69895,232
751,32320,24298,320
751,32720,788101,499
761,32921,336104,767
761,33021,889108,171

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