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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	Dominica	Romania	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	22,414	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	22,262	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	22,106	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	21,931	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	21,828	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	21,704	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	21,571	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	21,443	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	21,129	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	20,779	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	20,607	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	20,485	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	20,385	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	20,296	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	20,224	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	20,151	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	20,055	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	19,938	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	19,823	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	19,713	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	19,622	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	19,496	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	19,351	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	19,266	13,439

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, Dominica, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.