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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	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	22,414	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	22,262	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	22,106	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	21,931	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	21,828	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	21,704	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	21,571	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	21,443	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	21,129	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	20,779	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	20,607	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	20,485	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	20,385	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	20,296	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	20,224	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	20,151	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	20,055	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	19,938	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	19,823	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	19,713	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	19,622	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	19,496	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	19,351	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	19,266	17,709

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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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