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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 FasoSeychelles
63,57511,07578
65,21311,40579
66,88911,82880
68,64912,38081
70,49112,82982
72,38913,17883
74,32713,54084
76,32613,91785
78,41114,30986
80,56414,72287
82,78715,15287
85,09615,60088
87,53016,06489
90,06616,56390
92,63217,07291
95,33717,57592
98,11418,09492
100,85818,62193
103,65419,15794
106,46619,69895
109,26720,24296
112,10020,78897
114,96421,33698
117,92421,88998

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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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 Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.