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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 MaltaCongo - KinshasaBurkina FasoYemen
38751,18111,07516,728
39052,78211,40517,236
39354,45311,82817,762
39656,17012,38018,310
39857,86012,82918,855
40159,59913,17819,410
40461,47413,54020,000
40563,47913,91720,611
40665,59014,30921,236
40967,80014,72221,878
41270,11415,15222,533
41472,55015,60023,195
41675,13816,06423,880
42077,79216,56324,594
42680,53417,07225,311
43583,36817,57526,020
44586,22918,09426,698
45589,19318,62127,347
46892,20919,15727,985
48595,23219,69828,608
50498,32020,24229,216
516101,49920,78829,811
518104,76721,33630,399
530108,17121,88931,058

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