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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 FasoOmanYemen
7811,0752,34816,728
7911,4052,40317,236
8011,8282,45717,762
8112,3802,51018,310
8212,8292,56218,855
8313,1782,61319,410
8413,5402,66320,000
8513,9172,71320,611
8614,3092,76421,236
8714,7222,81621,878
8715,1522,87122,533
8815,6002,92823,195
8916,0642,98623,880
9016,5633,04724,594
9117,0723,11025,311
9217,5753,17426,020
9218,0943,24026,698
9318,6213,30727,347
9419,1573,37527,985
9519,6983,44428,608
9620,2423,51229,216
9720,7883,58229,811
9821,3363,65130,399
9821,8893,69631,058

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