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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	22,414	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	22,262	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	22,106	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	21,931	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	21,828	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	21,704	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	21,571	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	21,443	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	21,129	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	20,779	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	20,607	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	20,485	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	20,385	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	20,296	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	20,224	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	20,151	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	20,055	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	19,938	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	19,823	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	19,713	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	19,622	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	19,496	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	19,351	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	19,266	5,458

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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