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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Romania	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	22,414	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	22,262	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	22,106	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	21,931	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	21,828	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	21,704	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	21,571	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	21,443	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	21,129	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	20,779	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	20,607	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	20,485	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	20,385	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	20,296	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	20,224	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	20,151	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	20,055	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	19,938	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	19,823	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	19,713	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	19,622	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	19,496	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	19,351	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	19,266	7,432

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, Côte d’Ivoire, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.