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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Romania	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	22,414	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	22,262	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	22,106	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	21,931	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	21,828	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	21,704	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	21,571	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	21,443	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	21,129	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	20,779	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	20,607	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	20,485	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	20,385	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	20,296	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	20,224	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	20,151	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	20,055	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	19,938	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	19,823	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	19,713	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	19,622	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	19,496	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	19,351	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	19,266	39,252

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