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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 SeychellesBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
7811,07551,181
7911,40552,782
8011,82854,453
8112,38056,170
8212,82957,860
8313,17859,599
8413,54061,474
8513,91763,479
8614,30965,590
8714,72267,800
8715,15270,114
8815,60072,550
8916,06475,138
9016,56377,792
9117,07280,534
9217,57583,368
9218,09486,229
9318,62189,193
9419,15792,209
9519,69895,232
9620,24298,320
9720,788101,499
9821,336104,767
9821,889108,171

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