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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	Qatar	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	627	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	659	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	691	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	724	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	757	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	850	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	1,001	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	1,153	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	1,306	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	1,460	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	1,615	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	1,770	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	1,904	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	2,010	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	2,103	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	2,187	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	2,261	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	2,326	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	2,384	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	2,435	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	2,480	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	2,519	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	2,553	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	2,559	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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.