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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	Moldova	Romania	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	22,414	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	22,262	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	22,106	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	21,931	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	21,828	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	21,704	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	21,571	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	21,443	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	21,129	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	20,779	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	20,607	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	20,485	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	20,385	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	20,296	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	20,224	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	20,151	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	20,055	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	19,938	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	19,823	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	19,713	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	19,622	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	19,496	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	19,351	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	19,266	2,292

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, Moldova, Gabon; the database as a whole is cited above.