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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	Romania	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	21,889	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.