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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	Italy	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	3,696	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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