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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Romania	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	22,414	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	22,262	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	22,106	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	21,931	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	21,828	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	21,704	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	21,571	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	21,443	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	21,129	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	20,779	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	20,607	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	20,485	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	20,385	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	20,296	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	20,224	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	20,151	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	20,055	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	19,938	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	19,823	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	19,713	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	19,622	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	19,496	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	19,351	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	19,266	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.