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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	Estonia	Romania	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	22,414	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	22,262	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	22,106	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	21,931	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	21,828	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	21,704	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	21,571	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	21,443	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	21,129	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	20,779	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	20,607	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	20,485	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	20,385	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	20,296	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	20,224	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	20,151	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	20,055	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	19,938	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	19,823	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	19,713	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	19,622	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	19,496	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	19,351	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	19,266	1,087

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