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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 & PríncipeOmanBurkina FasoEstonia
1382,34811,0751,378
1412,40311,4051,400
1442,45711,8281,391
1472,51012,3801,382
1512,56212,8291,374
1542,61313,1781,365
1582,66313,5401,357
1612,71313,9171,349
1652,76414,3091,341
1682,81614,7221,337
1722,87115,1521,334
1762,92815,6001,332
1802,98616,0641,328
1833,04716,5631,324
1873,11017,0721,319
1903,17417,5751,314
1943,24018,0941,312
1983,30718,6211,314
2013,37519,1571,314
2043,44419,6981,318
2083,51220,2421,323
2123,58220,7881,327
2163,65121,3361,329
2203,69621,8891,330

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