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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	Seychelles	Albania	Burkina Faso	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	78	3,085	11,075	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	79	3,065	11,405	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	80	3,047	11,828	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	81	3,038	12,380	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	82	3,026	12,829	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	83	3,014	13,178	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,998	13,540	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,979	13,917	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,957	14,309	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,934	14,722	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,915	15,152	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,900	15,600	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,892	16,064	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	90	2,888	16,563	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	91	2,882	17,072	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	92	2,876	17,575	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	92	2,868	18,094	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	93	2,863	18,621	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	94	2,861	19,157	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	95	2,854	19,698	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	96	2,842	20,242	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	97	2,825	20,788	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	98	2,799	21,336	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	98	2,787	21,889	19,266

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