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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 TunisiaRomaniaBurkina FasoSão Tomé & Príncipe
9,41722,41411,075138
9,51422,26211,405141
9,61322,10611,828144
9,71121,93112,380147
9,81021,82812,829151
9,90621,70413,178154
9,99721,57113,540158
10,08721,44313,917161
10,17821,12914,309165
10,27420,77914,722168
10,37720,60715,152172
10,49120,48515,600176
10,61220,38516,064180
10,73720,29616,563183
10,86620,22417,072187
10,99620,15117,575190
11,12420,05518,094194
11,24819,93818,621198
11,36519,82319,157201
11,47719,71319,698204
11,58319,62220,242208
11,68119,49620,788212
11,77219,35121,336216
11,86219,26621,889220

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