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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	St. Lucia	Paraguay	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	5,366	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	5,473	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	5,579	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	5,683	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	5,786	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	5,886	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	5,984	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	6,080	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	6,173	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	6,264	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	6,352	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	6,438	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	6,522	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	6,605	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	6,688	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	6,769	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	6,850	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	6,930	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	7,012	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	7,095	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	7,179	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	7,263	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	7,348	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	7,432	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

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, St. Lucia, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.