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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	22,414	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	22,262	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	22,106	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	21,931	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	21,828	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	21,704	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	21,571	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	21,443	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	21,129	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	20,779	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	20,607	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	20,485	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	20,385	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	20,296	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	20,224	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	20,151	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	20,055	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	19,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	19,823	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	19,713	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	19,622	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	19,496	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	19,351	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	19,266	651

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.

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