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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	Romania	Burkina Faso	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,414	11,075	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,262	11,405	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,106	11,828	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,931	12,380	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	21,828	12,829	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	21,704	13,178	154
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	21,571	13,540	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	21,443	13,917	161
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	21,129	14,309	165
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	20,779	14,722	168
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	20,607	15,152	172
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	20,485	15,600	176
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	20,385	16,064	180
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	20,296	16,563	183
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	20,224	17,072	187
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	20,151	17,575	190
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	20,055	18,094	194
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	19,938	18,621	198
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,823	19,157	201
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,713	19,698	204
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	19,622	20,242	208
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,496	20,788	212
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,351	21,336	216
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,266	21,889	220

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