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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 MaliRomaniaBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
10,59622,41411,07551,181
10,83322,26211,40552,782
10,89022,10611,82854,453
11,00721,93112,38056,170
11,30721,82812,82957,860
11,57921,70413,17859,599
11,80421,57113,54061,474
12,04321,44313,91763,479
12,33721,12914,30965,590
12,65720,77914,72267,800
12,98620,60715,15270,114
13,32520,48515,60072,550
13,67920,38516,06475,138
14,04020,29616,56377,792
14,41220,22417,07280,534
14,80320,15117,57583,368
15,21020,05518,09486,229
15,62919,93818,62189,193
16,06019,82319,15792,209
16,50719,71319,69895,232
16,96719,62220,24298,320
17,44219,49620,788101,499
17,93019,35121,336104,767
18,49419,26621,889108,171

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