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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	Spain	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	19,266	167

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.