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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	Romania	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,414	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,262	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,106	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	21,931	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,828	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,704	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	21,571	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	21,443	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	21,129	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	20,779	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	20,607	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	20,485	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	20,385	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	20,296	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	20,224	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	20,151	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	20,055	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	19,938	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,823	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,713	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	19,622	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	19,496	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,351	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,266	5,655

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, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.