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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date EthiopiaBurkina FasoIsrael
63,57511,0755,927
65,21311,4056,088
66,88911,8286,236
68,64912,3806,366
70,49112,8296,484
72,38913,1786,603
74,32713,5406,723
76,32613,9176,846
78,41114,3096,972
80,56414,7227,100
82,78715,1527,226
85,09615,6007,360
87,53016,0647,498
90,06616,5637,637
92,63217,0727,781
95,33717,5757,931
98,11418,0948,091
100,85818,6218,251
103,65419,1578,412
106,46619,6988,576
109,26720,2428,742
112,10020,7888,899
114,96421,3369,047
117,92421,8899,188

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

No separate list is published for Ethiopia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.