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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	United Kingdom	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	3,696	19,266

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

United Kingdom

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
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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