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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 São Tomé & PríncipeAlbaniaBurkina FasoSudan
1383,08511,07526,168
1413,06511,40526,771
1443,04711,82827,387
1473,03812,38028,017
1513,02612,82928,662
1543,01413,17829,321
1582,99813,54029,996
1612,97913,91730,686
1652,95714,30931,393
1682,93414,72232,137
1722,91515,15233,078
1762,90015,60033,891
1802,89216,06434,568
1832,88816,56335,293
1872,88217,07236,093
1902,87617,57537,058
1942,86818,09438,165
1982,86318,62139,294
2012,86119,15740,512
2042,85419,69841,764
2082,84220,24242,952
2122,82520,78844,121
2162,79921,33645,290
2202,78721,88946,498

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.

All data sources

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania, Burkina Faso, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.