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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 MoroccoBurkina FasoRomaniaBarbados
28,40011,07522,414273
28,74411,40522,262274
29,09411,82822,106275
29,44712,38021,931276
29,80612,82921,828278
30,16913,17821,704279
30,55213,54021,571280
30,95313,91721,443281
31,35414,30921,129282
31,75414,72220,779283
32,15415,15220,607285
32,55315,60020,485286
32,95116,06420,385287
33,34616,56320,296288
33,73717,07220,224289
34,12417,57520,151290
34,51118,09420,055291
34,89818,62119,938291
35,27919,15719,823292
35,65319,69819,713293
36,01820,24219,622294
36,37520,78819,496294
36,72321,33619,351295
37,10121,88919,266295

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