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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	Sudan	Romania	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	22,414	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	22,262	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	22,106	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	21,931	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	21,828	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	21,704	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	21,571	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	21,443	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	21,129	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	20,779	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	20,607	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	20,485	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	20,385	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	20,296	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	20,224	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	20,151	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	20,055	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	19,938	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	19,823	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	19,713	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	19,622	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	19,496	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	19,351	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	19,266	21,889	651

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