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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	Romania	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	78	22,414	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	79	22,262	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	80	22,106	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	81	21,931	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	82	21,828	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	83	21,704	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	84	21,571	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	85	21,443	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	86	21,129	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	87	20,779	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	87	20,607	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	88	20,485	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	89	20,385	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	90	20,296	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	91	20,224	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	92	20,151	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	92	20,055	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	93	19,938	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	94	19,823	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	95	19,713	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	96	19,622	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	97	19,496	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	98	19,351	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	98	19,266	21,889	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.