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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	3,811	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	3,901	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	3,919	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	3,923	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	3,940	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	3,975	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	3,991	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	3,993	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	3,990	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	3,987	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	3,985	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	3,983	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	3,980	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	3,977	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	3,973	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	3,968	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	3,963	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	3,957	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	3,951	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	3,944	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	3,937	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	3,929	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	3,921	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	3,876	21,889

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.