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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 SudanBurkina FasoMadagascar
26,16811,07515,259
26,77111,40515,707
27,38711,82816,162
28,01712,38016,631
28,66212,82917,114
29,32113,17817,610
29,99613,54018,120
30,68613,91718,641
31,39314,30919,173
32,13714,72219,717
33,07815,15220,272
33,89115,60020,837
34,56816,06421,413
35,29316,56321,999
36,09317,07222,593
37,05817,57523,196
38,16518,09423,806
39,29418,62124,423
40,51219,15725,044
41,76419,69825,671
42,95220,24226,302
44,12120,78826,936
45,29021,33627,573
46,49821,88928,237

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