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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	Central African Republic	Romania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	22,414	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	22,262	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	22,106	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	21,931	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	21,828	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	21,704	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	21,571	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	21,443	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	21,129	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	20,779	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	20,607	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	20,485	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	20,385	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	20,296	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	20,224	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	20,151	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	20,055	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	19,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	19,823	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	19,713	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	19,622	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	19,496	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	19,351	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	19,266	7,387

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, Central African Republic, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.