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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.