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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	Iceland	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	138	11,075	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	141	11,405	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	144	11,828	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	147	12,380	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	151	12,829	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	154	13,178	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	158	13,540	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	161	13,917	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	165	14,309	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	168	14,722	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	172	15,152	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	176	15,600	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	180	16,064	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	183	16,563	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	187	17,072	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	190	17,575	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	194	18,094	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	198	18,621	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	201	19,157	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	204	19,698	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	208	20,242	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	212	20,788	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	216	21,336	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	220	21,889	19,266

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.

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.