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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	Iceland	Azerbaijan	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	8,056	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	8,127	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	8,194	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	8,257	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	8,319	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	8,391	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	8,475	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	8,565	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	8,657	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	8,750	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	8,842	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	8,933	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	9,025	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	9,117	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	9,210	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	9,302	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	9,393	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	9,481	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	9,567	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	9,649	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	9,727	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	9,802	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	9,874	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	9,918	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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