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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	Morocco	Romania	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	22,414	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	22,262	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	22,106	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	21,931	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	21,828	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	21,704	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	21,571	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	21,443	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	21,129	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	20,779	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	20,607	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	20,485	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	20,385	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	20,296	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	20,224	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	20,151	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	20,055	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	19,938	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	19,823	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	19,713	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	19,622	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	19,496	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	19,351	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	19,266	3,696

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, Morocco, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.