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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	Romania	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	22,414	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	22,262	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	22,106	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	21,931	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	21,828	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	21,704	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	21,571	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	21,443	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	21,129	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	20,779	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	20,607	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	20,485	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	20,385	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	20,296	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	20,224	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	20,151	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	20,055	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	19,938	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	19,823	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	19,713	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	19,622	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	19,496	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	19,351	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	19,266	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.