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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 LuxembourgBurkina FasoOmanCongo - Kinshasa
43311,0752,34851,181
43811,4052,40352,782
44311,8282,45754,453
44812,3802,51056,170
45412,8292,56257,860
46013,1782,61359,599
46713,5402,66361,474
47413,9172,71363,479
48214,3092,76465,590
49114,7222,81667,800
50015,1522,87170,114
50915,6002,92872,550
52116,0642,98675,138
53316,5633,04777,792
54717,0723,11080,534
56017,5753,17483,368
57118,0943,24086,229
58618,6213,30789,193
59919,1573,37592,209
61019,6983,44495,232
62320,2423,51298,320
63320,7883,582101,499
64321,3363,651104,767
65121,8893,696108,171

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