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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	Burkina Faso	Albania	Romania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,085	22,414	433
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,065	22,262	438
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	3,047	22,106	443
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	3,038	21,931	448
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	3,026	21,828	454
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	3,014	21,704	460
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,998	21,571	467
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,979	21,443	474
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,957	21,129	482
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,934	20,779	491
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,915	20,607	500
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,900	20,485	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,892	20,385	521
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	2,888	20,296	533
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	2,882	20,224	547
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	2,876	20,151	560
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	2,868	20,055	571
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	2,863	19,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	2,861	19,823	599
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	2,854	19,713	610
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	2,842	19,622	623
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	2,825	19,496	633
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	2,799	19,351	643
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	2,787	19,266	651

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