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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 LuxembourgBurkina FasoRomaniaBangladesh
43311,07522,414132,907
43811,40522,262135,207
44311,82822,106137,420
44812,38021,931139,573
45412,82921,828141,650
46013,17821,704143,644
46713,54021,571145,546
47413,91721,443147,376
48214,30921,129149,047
49114,72220,779150,562
50015,15220,607152,189
50915,60020,485153,927
52116,06420,385155,634
53316,56320,296157,326
54717,07220,224158,999
56017,57520,151160,650
57118,09420,055162,273
58618,62119,938163,938
59919,15719,823165,655
61019,69819,713167,358
62320,24219,622169,045
63320,78819,496170,709
64321,33619,351172,354
65121,88919,266174,217

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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