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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	Austria	Romania	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	22,414	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	22,262	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	22,106	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	21,931	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	21,828	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	21,704	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	21,571	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	21,443	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	21,129	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	20,779	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	20,607	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	20,485	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	20,385	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	20,296	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	20,224	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	20,151	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	20,055	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	19,938	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	19,823	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	19,713	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	19,622	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	19,496	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	19,351	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	19,266	5,216

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.