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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	Sri Lanka	Romania	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	22,414	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	22,262	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	22,106	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	21,931	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	21,828	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	21,704	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	21,571	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	21,443	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	21,129	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	20,779	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	20,607	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	20,485	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	20,385	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	20,296	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	20,224	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	20,151	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	20,055	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	19,938	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	19,823	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	19,713	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	19,622	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	19,496	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	19,351	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	19,266	6,291

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, Sri Lanka, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.