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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	22,414	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	22,262	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	22,106	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	21,931	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	21,828	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	21,704	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	21,571	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	21,443	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	21,129	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	20,779	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	20,607	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	20,485	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	20,385	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	20,296	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	20,224	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	20,151	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	20,055	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	19,938	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	19,823	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	19,713	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	19,622	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	19,496	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	19,351	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	19,266	46,498

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