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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaRomaniaCambodia
2737022,41412,122
2747122,26212,317
2757122,10612,504
2767221,93112,691
2787221,82812,881
2797221,70413,076
2807221,57113,276
2817221,44313,461
2827221,12913,630
2837320,77913,808
2857320,60713,990
2867320,48514,162
2877320,38514,322
2887320,29614,480
2897320,22414,637
2907320,15114,793
2917420,05514,994
2917419,93815,238
2927419,82315,480
2937419,71315,717
2947519,62215,944
2947519,49616,149
2957619,35116,338
2957619,26616,514

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