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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 SudanBurkina FasoRomania
26,16811,07522,414
26,77111,40522,262
27,38711,82822,106
28,01712,38021,931
28,66212,82921,828
29,32113,17821,704
29,99613,54021,571
30,68613,91721,443
31,39314,30921,129
32,13714,72220,779
33,07815,15220,607
33,89115,60020,485
34,56816,06420,385
35,29316,56320,296
36,09317,07220,224
37,05817,57520,151
38,16518,09420,055
39,29418,62119,938
40,51219,15719,823
41,76419,69819,713
42,95220,24219,622
44,12120,78819,496
45,29021,33619,351
46,49821,88919,266

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.

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