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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 MaliBurkina FasoSingapore
10,59611,0753,959
10,83311,4054,028
10,89011,8284,138
11,00712,3804,176
11,30712,8294,115
11,57913,1784,167
11,80413,5404,266
12,04313,9174,401
12,33714,3094,589
12,65714,7224,839
12,98615,1524,988
13,32515,6005,077
13,67916,0645,184
14,04016,5635,312
14,41217,0725,399
14,80317,5755,470
15,21018,0945,535
15,62918,6215,607
16,06019,1575,612
16,50719,6985,639
16,96720,2425,704
17,44220,7885,686
17,93021,3365,716
18,49421,8895,750

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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