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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 FasoLiberia
7811,0752,741
7911,4052,847
8011,8282,917
8112,3802,978
8212,8292,983
8313,1783,005
8413,5403,138
8513,9173,311
8614,3093,469
8714,7223,603
8715,1523,708
8815,6003,817
8916,0643,984
9016,5634,141
9117,0724,244
9217,5754,348
9218,0944,460
9318,6214,576
9419,1574,689
9519,6984,810
9620,2424,904
9720,7885,005
9821,3365,109
9821,8895,216

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

Liberia

  • 1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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