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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	Luxembourg	Cambodia	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	12,122	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	12,317	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	12,504	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	12,691	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	12,881	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	13,076	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	13,276	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	13,461	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	13,630	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	13,808	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	13,990	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	14,162	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	14,322	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	14,480	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	14,637	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	14,793	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	14,994	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	15,238	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	15,480	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	15,717	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	15,944	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	16,149	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	16,338	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	16,514	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, Luxembourg, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.