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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SudanBurkina FasoRomaniaBangladesh
26,16811,07522,414132,907
26,77111,40522,262135,207
27,38711,82822,106137,420
28,01712,38021,931139,573
28,66212,82921,828141,650
29,32113,17821,704143,644
29,99613,54021,571145,546
30,68613,91721,443147,376
31,39314,30921,129149,047
32,13714,72220,779150,562
33,07815,15220,607152,189
33,89115,60020,485153,927
34,56816,06420,385155,634
35,29316,56320,296157,326
36,09317,07220,224158,999
37,05817,57520,151160,650
38,16518,09420,055162,273
39,29418,62119,938163,938
40,51219,15719,823165,655
41,76419,69819,713167,358
42,95220,24219,622169,045
44,12120,78819,496170,709
45,29021,33619,351172,354
46,49821,88919,266174,217

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.