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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	Barbados	United Arab Emirates	Romania	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,101	22,414	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,284	22,262	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,458	22,106	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,613	21,931	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,754	21,828	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,882	21,704	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,000	21,571	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,532	21,443	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,623	21,129	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,277	20,779	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,164	20,607	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,152	20,485	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	20,385	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,747	20,296	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,077	20,224	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,321	20,151	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,461	20,055	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,587	19,938	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,699	19,823	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,796	19,713	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,879	19,622	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,953	19,496	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,018	19,351	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,099	19,266	1,330

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 Barbados, United Arab Emirates, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.