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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 DominicaOmanBurkina FasoCameroon
702,34811,07515,483
712,40311,40515,913
712,45711,82816,354
722,51012,38016,815
722,56212,82917,289
722,61313,17817,764
722,66313,54018,249
722,71313,91718,746
722,76414,30919,278
732,81614,72219,843
732,87115,15220,419
732,92815,60021,002
732,98616,06421,586
733,04716,56322,181
733,11017,07222,800
733,17417,57523,513
743,24018,09424,273
743,30718,62124,995
743,37519,15725,680
743,44419,69826,373
753,51220,24227,114
753,58220,78827,878
763,65121,33628,663
763,69621,88929,417

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, Oman, Burkina Faso, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.