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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	Cape Verde	Romania	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	422	22,414	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	430	22,262	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	438	22,106	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	447	21,931	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	455	21,828	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	463	21,704	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	471	21,571	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	478	21,443	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	486	21,129	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	494	20,779	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	501	20,607	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,485	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	516	20,385	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	524	20,296	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	531	20,224	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	539	20,151	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	546	20,055	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	553	19,938	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,823	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,713	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	574	19,622	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	580	19,496	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	585	19,351	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	590	19,266	21,889	295

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.