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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	Ethiopia	Romania	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	22,414	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	22,262	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	22,106	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	21,931	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	21,828	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	21,704	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	21,571	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	21,443	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	21,129	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	20,779	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	20,607	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	20,485	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	20,385	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	20,296	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	20,224	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	20,151	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	20,055	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	19,938	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	19,823	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	19,713	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	19,622	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	19,496	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	19,351	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.