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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	Djibouti	Romania	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	646	22,414	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	669	22,262	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	693	22,106	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	716	21,931	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	691	21,828	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	657	21,704	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	666	21,571	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	679	21,443	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	694	21,129	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	709	20,779	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	725	20,607	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	741	20,485	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	757	20,385	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	774	20,296	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	792	20,224	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	810	20,151	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	828	20,055	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	847	19,938	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	865	19,823	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	884	19,713	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	898	19,622	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	912	19,496	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	924	19,351	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	937	19,266	1,330

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, Djibouti, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.