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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoRomaniaSão Tomé & Príncipe
11,07522,414138
11,40522,262141
11,82822,106144
12,38021,931147
12,82921,828151
13,17821,704154
13,54021,571158
13,91721,443161
14,30921,129165
14,72220,779168
15,15220,607172
15,60020,485176
16,06420,385180
16,56320,296183
17,07220,224187
17,57520,151190
18,09420,055194
18,62119,938198
19,15719,823201
19,69819,713204
20,24219,622208
20,78819,496212
21,33619,351216
21,88919,266220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.