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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 FasoOmanSudan
7811,0752,34826,168
7911,4052,40326,771
8011,8282,45727,387
8112,3802,51028,017
8212,8292,56228,662
8313,1782,61329,321
8413,5402,66329,996
8513,9172,71330,686
8614,3092,76431,393
8714,7222,81632,137
8715,1522,87133,078
8815,6002,92833,891
8916,0642,98634,568
9016,5633,04735,293
9117,0723,11036,093
9217,5753,17437,058
9218,0943,24038,165
9318,6213,30739,294
9419,1573,37540,512
9519,6983,44441,764
9620,2423,51242,952
9720,7883,58244,121
9821,3363,65145,290
9821,8893,69646,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.