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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 BarbadosEthiopiaRomaniaPalestinian Territories
27363,57522,4142,996
27465,21322,2623,075
27566,88922,1063,155
27668,64921,9313,235
27870,49121,8283,315
27972,38921,7043,396
28074,32721,5713,478
28176,32621,4433,559
28278,41121,1293,642
28380,56420,7793,727
28582,78720,6073,817
28685,09620,4853,907
28787,53020,3853,997
28890,06620,2964,088
28992,63220,2244,178
29095,33720,1514,269
29198,11420,0554,359
291100,85819,9384,451
292103,65419,8234,533
293106,46619,7134,615
294109,26719,6224,715
294112,10019,4964,820
295114,96419,3514,930
295117,92419,2665,042

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, Ethiopia, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.