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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	Nigeria	Romania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	22,414	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	22,262	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	22,106	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	21,931	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	21,828	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	21,704	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	21,571	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	21,443	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	21,129	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	20,779	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	20,607	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	20,485	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	20,385	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	20,296	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	20,224	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	20,151	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	20,055	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	19,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	19,823	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	19,713	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	19,622	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	19,496	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	19,351	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	19,266	7,666

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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