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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	Mali	Romania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	22,414	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	22,262	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	22,106	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	21,931	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	21,828	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	21,704	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	21,571	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	21,443	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	21,129	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	20,779	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	20,607	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	20,485	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	20,385	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	20,296	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	20,224	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	20,151	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	20,055	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	19,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	19,823	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	19,713	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	19,622	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	19,496	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	19,351	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	19,266	7,387

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, Mali, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.