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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data · Unit: people · -10000-2023

Data: Our World in Data (CC BY). Underlying third-party data may carry its own terms.

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