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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 BarbadosDjiboutiBurkina FasoRomania
27364611,07522,414
27466911,40522,262
27569311,82822,106
27671612,38021,931
27869112,82921,828
27965713,17821,704
28066613,54021,571
28167913,91721,443
28269414,30921,129
28370914,72220,779
28572515,15220,607
28674115,60020,485
28775716,06420,385
28877416,56320,296
28979217,07220,224
29081017,57520,151
29182818,09420,055
29184718,62119,938
29286519,15719,823
29388419,69819,713
29489820,24219,622
29491220,78819,496
29592421,33619,351
29593721,88919,266

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