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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 BarbadosDominicaBurkina FasoRomania
2737011,07522,414
2747111,40522,262
2757111,82822,106
2767212,38021,931
2787212,82921,828
2797213,17821,704
2807213,54021,571
2817213,91721,443
2827214,30921,129
2837314,72220,779
2857315,15220,607
2867315,60020,485
2877316,06420,385
2887316,56320,296
2897317,07220,224
2907317,57520,151
2917418,09420,055
2917418,62119,938
2927419,15719,823
2937419,69819,713
2947520,24219,622
2947520,78819,496
2957621,33619,351
2957621,88919,266

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