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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 TunisiaBurkina FasoUruguay
9,41711,0753,234
9,51411,4053,246
9,61311,8283,257
9,71112,3803,268
9,81012,8293,277
9,90613,1783,285
9,99713,5403,291
10,08713,9173,298
10,17814,3093,305
10,27414,7223,313
10,37715,1523,321
10,49115,6003,329
10,61216,0643,337
10,73716,5633,345
10,86617,0723,353
10,99617,5753,362
11,12418,0943,371
11,24818,6213,380
11,36519,1573,390
11,47719,6983,399
11,58320,2423,408
11,68120,7883,417
11,77221,3363,426
11,86221,8893,422

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

Uruguay

  • 1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
  • 1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

No separate list is published for Tunisia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.