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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	Cameroon	Romania	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	22,414	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	22,262	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	22,106	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	21,931	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	21,828	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	21,704	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	21,571	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	21,443	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	21,129	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	20,779	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	20,607	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	20,485	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	20,385	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	20,296	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	20,224	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	20,151	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	20,055	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	19,938	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	19,823	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	19,713	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	19,622	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	19,496	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	19,351	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	19,266	2,559

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, Cameroon, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.