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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 BarbadosMoldovaBurkina FasoRomania
2734,24411,07522,414
2744,19911,40522,262
2754,15411,82822,106
2764,10812,38021,931
2784,05912,82921,828
2794,01313,17821,704
2803,96613,54021,571
2813,91913,91721,443
2823,87314,30921,129
2833,82914,72220,779
2853,78815,15220,607
2863,74815,60020,485
2873,70916,06420,385
2883,67116,56320,296
2893,63317,07220,224
2903,59517,57520,151
2913,55818,09420,055
2913,52218,62119,938
2923,48519,15719,823
2933,44819,69819,713
2943,41220,24219,622
2943,37620,78819,496
2953,33921,33619,351
2953,57021,88919,266

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