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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoRomaniaDominica
11,07522,41470
11,40522,26271
11,82822,10671
12,38021,93172
12,82921,82872
13,17821,70472
13,54021,57172
13,91721,44372
14,30921,12972
14,72220,77973
15,15220,60773
15,60020,48573
16,06420,38573
16,56320,29673
17,07220,22473
17,57520,15173
18,09420,05574
18,62119,93874
19,15719,82374
19,69819,71374
20,24219,62275
20,78819,49675
21,33619,35176
21,88919,26676

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.

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