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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	Cyprus	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	818	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	826	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	835	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	845	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	855	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	867	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	879	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	894	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	913	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	937	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	962	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	988	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,013	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,029	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,026	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,015	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,009	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,014	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,023	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,036	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,050	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,062	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,072	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,087	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.

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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, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.