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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	Ghana	Romania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	22,414	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	22,262	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	22,106	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	21,931	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	21,828	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	21,704	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	21,571	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	21,443	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	21,129	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	20,779	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	20,607	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	20,485	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	20,385	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	20,296	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	20,224	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	20,151	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	20,055	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	19,938	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	19,823	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	19,713	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	19,622	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	19,496	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	19,351	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	19,266	174,217

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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