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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	Romania	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	22,414	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	22,262	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	22,106	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	21,931	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	21,828	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	21,704	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	21,571	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	21,443	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	21,129	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	20,779	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	20,607	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	20,485	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	20,385	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	20,296	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	20,224	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	20,151	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	20,055	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	19,938	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	19,823	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	19,713	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	19,622	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	19,496	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	19,351	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	19,266	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.