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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 MaltaBurkina FasoRomaniaLithuania
38711,07522,4143,419
39011,40522,2623,395
39311,82822,1063,367
39612,38021,9313,340
39812,82921,8283,313
40113,17821,7043,276
40413,54021,5713,223
40513,91721,4433,172
40614,30921,1293,134
40914,72220,7793,102
41215,15220,6073,068
41415,60020,4853,004
41616,06420,3852,937
42016,56320,2962,898
42617,07220,2242,869
43517,57520,1512,844
44518,09420,0552,818
45518,62119,9382,782
46819,15719,8232,744
48519,69819,7132,718
50420,24219,6222,710
51620,78819,4962,711
51821,33619,3512,724
53021,88919,2662,748

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