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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 SeychellesBurkina FasoOmanCongo - Kinshasa
7811,0752,34851,181
7911,4052,40352,782
8011,8282,45754,453
8112,3802,51056,170
8212,8292,56257,860
8313,1782,61359,599
8413,5402,66361,474
8513,9172,71363,479
8614,3092,76465,590
8714,7222,81667,800
8715,1522,87170,114
8815,6002,92872,550
8916,0642,98675,138
9016,5633,04777,792
9117,0723,11080,534
9217,5753,17483,368
9218,0943,24086,229
9318,6213,30789,193
9419,1573,37592,209
9519,6983,44495,232
9620,2423,51298,320
9720,7883,582101,499
9821,3363,651104,767
9821,8893,696108,171

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