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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Romania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	22,414	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	22,262	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	22,106	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	21,931	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	21,828	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	21,704	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	21,571	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	21,443	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	21,129	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	20,779	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	20,607	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	20,485	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	20,385	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	20,296	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	20,224	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	20,151	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	20,055	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	19,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	19,823	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	19,713	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	19,622	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	19,496	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	19,351	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	19,266	651

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.

All data sources

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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