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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	Cape Verde	Romania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	22,414	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	22,262	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	22,106	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	21,931	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	21,828	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	21,704	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	21,571	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	21,443	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	21,129	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	20,779	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	20,607	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	20,485	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	20,385	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	20,296	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	20,224	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	20,151	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	20,055	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	19,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	19,823	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	19,713	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	19,622	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	19,496	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	19,351	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	19,266	7,666

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, Cape Verde, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.