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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandRomaniaBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
27722,41411,0753,811
28122,26211,4053,901
28522,10611,8283,919
28821,93112,3803,923
28921,82812,8293,940
29321,70413,1783,975
29621,57113,5403,991
30421,44313,9173,993
31121,12914,3093,990
31920,77914,7223,987
31920,60715,1523,985
31820,48515,6003,983
31920,38516,0643,980
32120,29616,5633,977
32420,22417,0723,973
32720,15117,5753,968
33120,05518,0943,963
33519,93818,6213,957
34319,82319,1573,951
35319,71319,6983,944
36119,62220,2423,937
36619,49620,7883,929
37219,35121,3363,921
38019,26621,8893,876

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.