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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Burkina Faso	Oman	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	11,075	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	11,405	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	11,828	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	12,380	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	12,829	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	13,178	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	13,540	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	13,917	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	14,309	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	14,722	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	15,152	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	15,600	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	16,064	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	16,563	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	17,072	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	17,575	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	18,094	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	18,621	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	19,157	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	19,698	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	20,242	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	20,788	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	21,336	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	21,889	3,696	651

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 Burkina Faso, Oman, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.