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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	Burkina Faso	Romania	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	22,414	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	22,262	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	22,106	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	21,931	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	21,828	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	21,704	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	21,571	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	21,443	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	21,129	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	20,779	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	20,607	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	20,485	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	20,385	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	20,296	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	20,224	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	20,151	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	20,055	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	19,938	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	19,823	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	19,713	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	19,622	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	19,496	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	19,351	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	19,266	7,432

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