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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	Burkina Faso	Romania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	78	11,075	22,414	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	79	11,405	22,262	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	80	11,828	22,106	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	81	12,380	21,931	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	82	12,829	21,828	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	83	13,178	21,704	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	84	13,540	21,571	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	85	13,917	21,443	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	86	14,309	21,129	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	87	14,722	20,779	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	87	15,152	20,607	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	88	15,600	20,485	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	89	16,064	20,385	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	90	16,563	20,296	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	91	17,072	20,224	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	92	17,575	20,151	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	92	18,094	20,055	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	93	18,621	19,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	94	19,157	19,823	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95	19,698	19,713	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	96	20,242	19,622	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	97	20,788	19,496	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	98	21,336	19,351	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	98	21,889	19,266	7,666

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