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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	Italy	Romania	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	22,414	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	22,262	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	22,106	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	21,931	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	21,828	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	21,704	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	21,571	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	21,443	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	21,129	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	20,779	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	20,607	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	20,485	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	20,385	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	20,296	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	20,224	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	20,151	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	20,055	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	19,938	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	19,823	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	19,713	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	19,622	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	19,496	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	19,351	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.