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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 TanzaniaOmanBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
32,9122,34811,07551,181
33,9532,40311,40552,782
34,9742,45711,82854,453
36,0212,51012,38056,170
37,1002,56212,82957,860
38,1672,61313,17859,599
39,2622,66313,54061,474
40,3872,71313,91763,479
41,5572,76414,30965,590
42,7412,81614,72267,800
43,8892,87115,15270,114
45,1322,92815,60072,550
46,5312,98616,06475,138
47,9653,04716,56377,792
49,4373,11017,07280,534
50,9653,17417,57583,368
52,6043,24018,09486,229
54,3363,30718,62189,193
56,0623,37519,15792,209
57,7653,44419,69895,232
59,4653,51220,24298,320
61,1913,58220,788101,499
62,9443,65121,336104,767
64,8353,69621,889108,171

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