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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	138	273	11,075	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	141	274	11,405	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	144	275	11,828	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	147	276	12,380	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	151	278	12,829	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	154	279	13,178	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	158	280	13,540	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	161	281	13,917	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	165	282	14,309	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	168	283	14,722	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	172	285	15,152	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	176	286	15,600	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	180	287	16,064	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	183	288	16,563	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	187	289	17,072	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	190	290	17,575	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	194	291	18,094	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	198	291	18,621	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	201	292	19,157	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	204	293	19,698	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	208	294	20,242	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	212	294	20,788	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	216	295	21,336	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	220	295	21,889	19,266

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.

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.