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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 LuxembourgCongo - KinshasaBurkina FasoRomania
43351,18111,07522,414
43852,78211,40522,262
44354,45311,82822,106
44856,17012,38021,931
45457,86012,82921,828
46059,59913,17821,704
46761,47413,54021,571
47463,47913,91721,443
48265,59014,30921,129
49167,80014,72220,779
50070,11415,15220,607
50972,55015,60020,485
52175,13816,06420,385
53377,79216,56320,296
54780,53417,07220,224
56083,36817,57520,151
57186,22918,09420,055
58689,19318,62119,938
59992,20919,15719,823
61095,23219,69819,713
62398,32020,24219,622
633101,49920,78819,496
643104,76721,33619,351
651108,17121,88919,266

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

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.