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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	Bangladesh	Romania	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	22,414	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	22,262	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	22,106	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	21,931	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	21,828	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	21,704	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	21,571	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	21,443	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	21,129	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	20,779	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	20,607	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	20,485	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	20,385	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	20,296	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	20,224	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	20,151	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	20,055	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	19,938	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	19,823	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	19,713	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	19,622	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	19,496	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	19,351	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	19,266	3,876

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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