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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	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Romania	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	22,414	70
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	22,262	71
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	22,106	71
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	21,931	72
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	21,828	72
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	21,704	72
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	21,571	72
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	21,443	72
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	21,129	72
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	20,779	73
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	20,607	73
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	20,485	73
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	20,385	73
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	20,296	73
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	20,224	73
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	20,151	73
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	20,055	74
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	19,938	74
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	19,823	74
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	19,713	74
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	19,622	75
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	19,496	75
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	19,351	76
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	19,266	76

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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