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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	Netherlands	Romania	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	22,414	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	22,262	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	22,106	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	21,931	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	21,828	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	21,704	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	21,571	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	21,443	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	21,129	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	20,779	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	20,607	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	20,485	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	20,385	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	20,296	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	20,224	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	20,151	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	20,055	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	19,938	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	19,823	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	19,713	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	19,622	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	19,496	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	19,351	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	19,266	6,291

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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.