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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 MaliBurkina FasoCongo - KinshasaMalta
10,59611,07551,181387
10,83311,40552,782390
10,89011,82854,453393
11,00712,38056,170396
11,30712,82957,860398
11,57913,17859,599401
11,80413,54061,474404
12,04313,91763,479405
12,33714,30965,590406
12,65714,72267,800409
12,98615,15270,114412
13,32515,60072,550414
13,67916,06475,138416
14,04016,56377,792420
14,41217,07280,534426
14,80317,57583,368435
15,21018,09486,229445
15,62918,62189,193455
16,06019,15792,209468
16,50719,69895,232485
16,96720,24298,320504
17,44220,788101,499516
17,93021,336104,767518
18,49421,889108,171530

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