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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 TunisiaAlbaniaBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
9,4173,08511,07551,181
9,5143,06511,40552,782
9,6133,04711,82854,453
9,7113,03812,38056,170
9,8103,02612,82957,860
9,9063,01413,17859,599
9,9972,99813,54061,474
10,0872,97913,91763,479
10,1782,95714,30965,590
10,2742,93414,72267,800
10,3772,91515,15270,114
10,4912,90015,60072,550
10,6122,89216,06475,138
10,7372,88816,56377,792
10,8662,88217,07280,534
10,9962,87617,57583,368
11,1242,86818,09486,229
11,2482,86318,62189,193
11,3652,86119,15792,209
11,4772,85419,69895,232
11,5832,84220,24298,320
11,6812,82520,788101,499
11,7722,79921,336104,767
11,8622,78721,889108,171

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 Tunisia, Albania, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.