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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	22,414	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	22,262	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	22,106	559
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	21,931	574
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	21,828	590
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	21,704	606
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	21,571	623
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	21,443	640
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	21,129	657
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	20,779	674
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	20,607	690
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	20,485	706
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	20,385	722
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	20,296	737
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	20,224	752
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	20,151	767
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	20,055	781
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	19,938	795
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	19,823	808
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	19,713	821
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	19,622	837
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	19,496	853
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	19,351	869
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	19,266	885

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