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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	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	11,075	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	11,405	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	11,828	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	12,380	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	12,829	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	13,178	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	13,540	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	13,917	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	14,309	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	14,722	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	15,152	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	15,600	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	16,064	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	16,563	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	17,072	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	17,575	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	18,094	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	18,621	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	19,157	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	19,698	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	20,242	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	20,788	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	21,336	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	21,889	19,266	295

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