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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	Burundi	Romania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,128	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,282	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,466	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,670	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,897	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,167	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,439	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,709	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,991	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,318	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,741	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,140	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,440	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,748	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,069	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,380	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,577	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,721	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,955	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,229	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,602	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,987	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	12,384	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,795	19,266	3,570

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, Burundi, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.