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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	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	22,414	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	22,262	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	22,106	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	21,931	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	21,828	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	21,704	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	21,571	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	21,443	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	21,129	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	20,779	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	20,607	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	20,485	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	20,385	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	20,296	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	20,224	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	20,151	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	20,055	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	19,938	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	19,823	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	19,713	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	19,622	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	19,496	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	19,351	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	19,266	3,790

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.

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.