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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 MoroccoOmanBurkina FasoBarbados
28,4002,34811,075273
28,7442,40311,405274
29,0942,45711,828275
29,4472,51012,380276
29,8062,56212,829278
30,1692,61313,178279
30,5522,66313,540280
30,9532,71313,917281
31,3542,76414,309282
31,7542,81614,722283
32,1542,87115,152285
32,5532,92815,600286
32,9512,98616,064287
33,3463,04716,563288
33,7373,11017,072289
34,1243,17417,575290
34,5113,24018,094291
34,8983,30718,621291
35,2793,37519,157292
35,6533,44419,698293
36,0183,51220,242294
36,3753,58220,788294
36,7233,65121,336295
37,1013,69621,889295

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