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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date RomaniaOmanBurkina Faso
22,4142,34811,075
22,2622,40311,405
22,1062,45711,828
21,9312,51012,380
21,8282,56212,829
21,7042,61313,178
21,5712,66313,540
21,4432,71313,917
21,1292,76414,309
20,7792,81614,722
20,6072,87115,152
20,4852,92815,600
20,3852,98616,064
20,2963,04716,563
20,2243,11017,072
20,1513,17417,575
20,0553,24018,094
19,9383,30718,621
19,8233,37519,157
19,7133,44419,698
19,6223,51220,242
19,4963,58220,788
19,3513,65121,336
19,2663,69621,889

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.

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