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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 SudanCentral African RepublicBarbados
26,1683,889273
26,7713,980274
27,3874,054275
28,0174,128276
28,6624,215278
29,3214,289279
29,9964,363280
30,6864,449281
31,3934,544282
32,1374,641283
33,0784,742285
33,8914,845286
34,5684,950287
35,2935,057288
36,0935,167289
37,0585,278290
38,1655,392291
39,2945,507291
40,5125,625292
41,7645,745293
42,9525,874294
44,1216,025294
45,2906,154295
46,4986,291295

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 Sudan, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.