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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	4,244	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	4,199	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	4,154	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	4,108	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	4,059	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	4,013	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	3,966	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	3,919	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	3,873	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	3,829	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	3,788	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	3,748	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	3,709	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,671	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,633	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,595	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,558	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,522	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,485	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,448	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,412	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,376	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,339	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,570	19,266

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.