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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	19,266	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.