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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	Mexico	Romania	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	22,414	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	22,262	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	22,106	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	21,931	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	21,828	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	21,704	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	21,571	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	21,443	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	21,129	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	20,779	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	20,607	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	20,485	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	20,385	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	20,296	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	20,224	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	20,151	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	20,055	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	19,938	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	19,823	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	19,713	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	19,622	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	19,496	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	19,351	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	19,266	2,048

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

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.