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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MoroccoBurkina FasoRomania
28,40011,07522,414
28,74411,40522,262
29,09411,82822,106
29,44712,38021,931
29,80612,82921,828
30,16913,17821,704
30,55213,54021,571
30,95313,91721,443
31,35414,30921,129
31,75414,72220,779
32,15415,15220,607
32,55315,60020,485
32,95116,06420,385
33,34616,56320,296
33,73717,07220,224
34,12417,57520,151
34,51118,09420,055
34,89818,62119,938
35,27919,15719,823
35,65319,69819,713
36,01820,24219,622
36,37520,78819,496
36,72321,33619,351
37,10121,88919,266

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.

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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 Morocco, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.