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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 FasoYemenBarbados
10,59611,07516,728273
10,83311,40517,236274
10,89011,82817,762275
11,00712,38018,310276
11,30712,82918,855278
11,57913,17819,410279
11,80413,54020,000280
12,04313,91720,611281
12,33714,30921,236282
12,65714,72221,878283
12,98615,15222,533285
13,32515,60023,195286
13,67916,06423,880287
14,04016,56324,594288
14,41217,07225,311289
14,80317,57526,020290
15,21018,09426,698291
15,62918,62127,347291
16,06019,15727,985292
16,50719,69828,608293
16,96720,24229,216294
17,44220,78829,811294
17,93021,33630,399295
18,49421,88931,058295

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, Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.