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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	St. Lucia	Burkina Faso	Romania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	152	11,075	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	153	11,405	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	154	11,828	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	155	12,380	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	156	12,829	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	157	13,178	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	157	13,540	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	158	13,917	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	159	14,309	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	160	14,722	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	160	15,152	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	161	15,600	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	162	16,064	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	162	16,563	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	163	17,072	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	163	17,575	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	164	18,094	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	164	18,621	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,157	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,698	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	166	20,242	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	167	20,788	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	167	21,336	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	167	21,889	19,266	3,570

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 St. Lucia, Burkina Faso, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.