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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMoldovaRomaniaNiger
2734,24422,41410,424
2744,19922,26210,785
2754,15422,10611,170
2764,10821,93111,580
2784,05921,82812,015
2794,01321,70412,472
2803,96621,57112,954
2813,91921,44313,459
2823,87321,12913,986
2833,82920,77914,532
2853,78820,60715,092
2863,74820,48515,669
2873,70920,38516,263
2883,67120,29616,903
2893,63320,22417,569
2903,59520,15118,242
2913,55820,05518,957
2913,52219,93819,708
2923,48519,82320,462
2933,44819,71321,228
2943,41219,62222,023
2943,37619,49622,842
2953,33919,35123,691
2953,57019,26624,587

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, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.