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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 SudanRomaniaBurkina FasoMalta
26,16822,41411,075387
26,77122,26211,405390
27,38722,10611,828393
28,01721,93112,380396
28,66221,82812,829398
29,32121,70413,178401
29,99621,57113,540404
30,68621,44313,917405
31,39321,12914,309406
32,13720,77914,722409
33,07820,60715,152412
33,89120,48515,600414
34,56820,38516,064416
35,29320,29616,563420
36,09320,22417,072426
37,05820,15117,575435
38,16520,05518,094445
39,29419,93818,621455
40,51219,82319,157468
41,76419,71319,698485
42,95219,62220,242504
44,12119,49620,788516
45,29019,35121,336518
46,49819,26621,889530

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