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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 MaliOmanBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
10,5962,34811,0753,811
10,8332,40311,4053,901
10,8902,45711,8283,919
11,0072,51012,3803,923
11,3072,56212,8293,940
11,5792,61313,1783,975
11,8042,66313,5403,991
12,0432,71313,9173,993
12,3372,76414,3093,990
12,6572,81614,7223,987
12,9862,87115,1523,985
13,3252,92815,6003,983
13,6792,98616,0643,980
14,0403,04716,5633,977
14,4123,11017,0723,973
14,8033,17417,5753,968
15,2103,24018,0943,963
15,6293,30718,6213,957
16,0603,37519,1573,951
16,5073,44419,6983,944
16,9673,51220,2423,937
17,4423,58220,7883,929
17,9303,65121,3363,921
18,4943,69621,8893,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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