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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 BarbadosHondurasRomaniaLuxembourg
2736,19822,414433
2746,36722,262438
2756,53522,106443
2766,69821,931448
2786,86321,828454
2797,02821,704460
2807,19421,571467
2817,35921,443474
2827,52221,129482
2837,68220,779491
2857,83920,607500
2867,99120,485509
2878,14120,385521
2888,28820,296533
2898,42920,224547
2908,54620,151560
2918,66120,055571
2918,77019,938586
2928,87819,823599
2939,00219,713610
2949,15419,622623
2949,30419,496633
2959,44819,351643
2959,59019,266651

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, Honduras, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.