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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBahrainRomaniaParaguay
27363322,4145,366
27464822,2625,473
27566522,1065,579
27670721,9315,683
27877321,8285,786
27983921,7045,886
28090721,5715,984
28197421,4436,080
2821,04321,1296,173
2831,09620,7796,264
2851,13320,6076,352
2861,16820,4856,438
2871,20220,3856,522
2881,23620,2966,605
2891,26820,2246,688
2901,30120,1516,769
2911,33320,0556,850
2911,36519,9386,930
2921,39619,8237,012
2931,42819,7137,095
2941,45919,6227,179
2941,48919,4967,263
2951,51119,3517,348
2951,52119,2667,432

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, Bahrain, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.