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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 FasoOmanPuerto Rico
7811,0752,3483,800
7911,4052,4033,811
8011,8282,4573,819
8112,3802,5103,824
8212,8292,5623,826
8313,1782,6133,827
8413,5402,6633,822
8513,9172,7133,805
8614,3092,7643,783
8714,7222,8163,761
8715,1522,8713,741
8815,6002,9283,722
8916,0642,9863,679
9016,5633,0473,636
9117,0723,1103,589
9217,5753,1743,534
9218,0943,2403,473
9318,6213,3073,411
9419,1573,3753,352
9519,6983,4443,295
9620,2423,5123,268
9720,7883,5823,247
9821,3363,6513,232
9821,8893,6963,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.