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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	Laos	Romania	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	22,414	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	22,262	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	22,106	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	21,931	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	21,828	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	21,704	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	21,571	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	21,443	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	21,129	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	20,779	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	20,607	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	20,485	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	20,385	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	20,296	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	20,224	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	20,151	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	20,055	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	19,938	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	19,823	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	19,713	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	19,622	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	19,496	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	19,351	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	19,266	1,087

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, Laos, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.