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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	Cape Verde	Romania	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	22,414	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	22,262	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	22,106	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	21,931	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	21,828	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	21,704	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	21,571	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	21,443	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	21,129	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	20,779	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	20,607	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	20,485	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	20,385	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	20,296	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	20,224	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	20,151	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	20,055	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	19,938	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	19,823	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	19,713	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	19,622	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	19,496	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	19,351	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	19,266	21,889

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, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.