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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	Luxembourg	Burkina Faso	Romania	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	433	11,075	22,414	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	438	11,405	22,262	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	443	11,828	22,106	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	448	12,380	21,931	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	454	12,829	21,828	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	460	13,178	21,704	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	467	13,540	21,571	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	474	13,917	21,443	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	482	14,309	21,129	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	491	14,722	20,779	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	500	15,152	20,607	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	20,485	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	521	16,064	20,385	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	533	16,563	20,296	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	547	17,072	20,224	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	560	17,575	20,151	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	571	18,094	20,055	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	586	18,621	19,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,157	19,823	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,698	19,713	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	623	20,242	19,622	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	633	20,788	19,496	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	643	21,336	19,351	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	651	21,889	19,266	3,228

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 Luxembourg, Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.